Development of an instrument for measuring different types of cognitive load

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1058-1072

  Leppink, Jimmie ^a   Paas, Fred ^b,c   Van der Vleuten, Cees P M ^a   Van Gog, Tamara ^b   Van Merriënboer, Jeroen J G ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive load; Extraneous load; Germane load; Intrinsic load; Subjective rating scales

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COGNITION; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84889241941     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: 15543528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13428-013-0334-1     Document Type: Article

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