9 Ways to Reduce Cognitive Load by @TeacherToolkit
Channel: @TeacherToolkit
Date: 2022-05-05

The best way to improve teaching (instruction) is to begin with a research-based understanding of how people learn (Mayer + Moreno, 2010) 

In an 11-page paper, 9 Ways to Reduce Cognitive Load in Multimedia Learning (Mayer + Moreno, 2010) proposes a theory of learning on the assumption that humans possess separate systems for processing pictorial and verbal material.

Read my blog summary for teachers: https://www.teachertoolkit.co.uk/2022/05/01/reduce-cognitive-load/ 

Read the research paper: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1207/S15326985EP3801_6?needAccess=true&journalCode=hedp20