Cognitive Load and Learning Strategies Flashcard

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What are the three types of cognitive load?

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Intrinsic, Extraneous, Germane

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what teaching strategy enhances long-term retention by periodically asking students to recall previously learned concepts via quizzes, games, or flashcards?

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Retrieval practice

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Which strategy promotes student metacognition and intrinsic motivation by asking students to connect what they are learning to their prior experiences or future practices?

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Self-reflection journals

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Viewing challenges as opportunities to learn represents what type of mindset?

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A growth mindset.

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The mental effort required to process information, make decisions, and solve problems is called what by neuroscientists?

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Cognitive load

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The inherent ease or difficulty of learning content or skills represents what type of cognitive load?

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Intrinsic cognitive load

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The simplicity or complexity of the content or skill defines what type of cognitive load?

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Intrinsic cognitive load

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Elements that distract the learner represent what type of cognitive load?

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Extraneous cognitive load

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The mental effort needed to move new learning into long-term memory represents what type of cognitive load?

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Germane cognitive load

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Identify three teaching strategies that can enhance germane cognitive load and move learning into long-term memory?

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Reflections, retrieval practice, and application of learning, especially application outside the original context.