Science of Learning

How would your rate your knowledge of Cognitive Load Theory?

• Never heard of it before today.

• I know a little bit.

• I know it very well

Who developed Cognitive Load Theory?

• Richard Sweller

• Richard Major

• John Major

• John Sweller

Cognitive load is directly related to space in which type of memory?

• Long term memory

• Working memory

• Sensory memory

• Procedural memory

Seven, plus or minus two, is the number of pieces of information the average person can hold in their __________.

• sensory memory

• explicit memory

• implicit memory

• working memory

What is a mental structure in long term memory that helps learners make connections to core ideas?

• LTM

• STM

• Schema

• Chunking

Students learn new ideas by reference to ideas they already know.

• True

• False

Learning can be impeded if students are confronted with too much information at once.

• True

• False

Memory is the residue of __________.

• Repetition

• Thought

• Desire

• Emotion

Knowledge is a pre-requisite for higher order thinking skills.

• True

• False

The best way to get around the constraints of working memory is to store lots of information into long-term memory.

• True

• False