Sensory Memory
These 5 senses are used by humans to perceive information.
Taste, Sight, Touch, Smell, and Sound.
Working memory functions best when materials use a good mix of these two information types.
Auditory & Visual
Long-term memory can store information for this length of time.
Indefinitely
Cognitive loads are split into how many main types?
3
The part of the memory that perceives incoming information is called...
Sensory Memory
Educators using Cognitive Load Theory generally focus on these two types of sensory information.
Auditory & Visual
Diagrams, labels, and explanatory text are all examples of this information type.
Visual Information
Along with Explicit Memory, this is one of the two main categories of long-term memory
Implicit Memory
Complexity of learning topics and materials effect this type of cognitive load.
Intrinsic Load
The maximum number of information chunks that a learner can process at one time is referred to as...
Cognitive Limit
Visual information is retained in sensory memory for approximately this length of time.
.5 Seconds
Spoken word, sound effects, and music are all examples of this information type.
Auditory Information
This division of explicit long-term memory refers to memory for specific events in time, as well as supporting their formation and retrieval.
Episodic Memory
A power outage occurs while a learner is engaged in an e-learning course. This type of cognitive load is called...
Extraneous Load
This division of long-term memory refers to all consciously available memories...
Explicit Memory
Auditory information is retained in sensory memory for approximately this length of time.
3 Seconds
The average working memory is limited to processing this number of information chunks at a time.
7 +- 2
This division of explicit long-term memory refers to knowledge about events and personal experiences from an individual’s own life.
Autobiographical Memory
This type of cognitive load connects working memory to long-term memory.
Germane Load
This is a technique used break up information into a more manageable working load.
Chunking
Sensory receptors use this system of the body to carry information to the brain.
Nervous System
A 1998 study by these two learning theorists showed that students learned most effectively with just animation and narration; rather than using animation, narration, and on-screen text.
Richard E. Mayer & Roxana Moreno
This division of explicit long-term memory refers to knowledge about factual information, such as the meaning of words.
Semantic Memory
This Learning Theorist published The Magic Number in 1956.
George A. Miller
Complex networks of related-information stored in long-term memory are called...
Schema