Memory
Complex patterns of information stored in long-term memory
What is schema?
Total amount of cognitive activity imposed on working memory at one time
What is Cognitive Load Theory?
Including both words and graphics
What is the multimedia effect?
This type of learning happens when the working memory is exceeded.
What is ineffective?
This is the total amount of cognitive activity in working memory
What is the cognitive load?
Number of chunks of information held in working memory
What is the rule of 7 + or - 2 ?
Extraneous + germane + extraneous =
What is total cognitive load?
Presenting words as speech rather than online text
What is the modality effect?
As quickly as information is absorbed, it can also be this
What is forgotten?
This helps to build new schema to move the learner from novice to expert
What is germane load?
This type of memory can hold infinite amount of data and complex data
What is long-term memory?
Cognitive Load Theory is the theory of what two things?
What are 1) cognition and learning & 2) instructional design model?
Unnecessarily processing repetitive information
What is the redundancy effect?
Long-term memory is essentially this
What is unlimited?
This is a result of the techniques used to present information and does not contribute to learning
What is extraneous load?
This type of memory is responsible for processing and holding on to new and stored data. It is also known as your short-term memory.
What is working memory?
A series of structures that enable us to solve problems and think; also allows us to look at several different elements within an experience and treat those elements as one whole element
What is schema?
Processing multiple and separated pieces of information
What is the split-attention effect?
Working memory is extremely this
What is limited?
This is the amount of memory required by a task at a specific time and cannot be changed
What is intrinsic load?
This type of memory deals with incoming stimuli from our senses.
What is sensory memory?
Sweller developed the Cognitive Load Theory in this decade of the 20th Century
What is 1980's?
Students learn by studying finished work
What is the worked example effect?
Australian psychologist best known for developing the Cognitive Load Theory
Who is John Sweller?
The maximum number of "chunks" of information a learner can process in working memory at any one time
What is cognitive limit?