Working Memory, Long-term Memory, and Instructional Design

Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 360-367

  Sweller, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive load theory; Instructional design; Relations between working and long term memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84952334108     PISSN: 22113681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jarmac.2015.12.002     Document Type: Article

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