Cognitive Load Theory

What is Cognitive Load Theory mainly concerned with?

• Sensory memory

• Working memory

• Long term memory

Placing text away from the image is known as what?

• Signalling

• Redundancy

• Split attention

Match the following categories of cognitive load with the correct definition:

• How difficult the information is

• Intrinsic

• How the information is presented

• Germane

• How much effort needed to learn the info

• Extrinsic

What is it called when images and text communicate the SAME message?

What is the correct definition of SIGNALLING in a PowerPoint slide?

• Identifies key points in the information to reduce cognitive load

• Removes information that is duplicated to make more space in the working memory

• Places related information next to one another to reduce cognitive load

• A cognitive structure which helps organise and interpret information