Psychology: Cognitive load (Sweller, 1988): the amount of mental ef…

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Did you know? Cognitive load (Sweller, 1988): the amount of mental effort working memory has to process at a moment. With overload, people make more mistakes and learn worse. That's why textbooks don't want to give "all information at once"; information must be chunked to stick.

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Cognitive load (Sweller, 1988): the amount of mental effort working memory has to process at a moment. With overload, people make more mistakes and learn worse. That's why textbooks don't want to give "all information at once"; information must be chunked to stick.

Cognitieve belasting (Sweller, 1988): de hoeveelheid mentale moeite die werkgeheugen op een moment moet verwerken. Bij overbelasting maken mensen meer fouten en leren slechter. Vandaar dat schoolboeken niet "alle informatie tegelijk" willen geven; informatie moet worden opgedeeld om te beklijven.

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