Measuring cognitive load in introductory CS: Adaptation of an instrument

ICER 2014 - Proceedings of the 10th Annual International Conference on International Computing Education Research

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 131-138

  Morrison, Briana B ^a   Dorn, Brian ^b   Guzdial, Mark ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive load theory; Conffermatory factor analysis; Measuring cognitive load; Survey

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER SCIENCE; SURVEYING;

CENTRAL PROBLEMS; COGNITIVE LOAD THEORY; COGNITIVE LOADS; INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS; INTRODUCTORY COMPUTER SCIENCE; LIMITED CAPACITY; SPECIFIC LOADS; WORKING MEMORY;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84905864563     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2632320.2632348     Document Type: Conference Paper

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