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Cognitive Load During Problem Solving: Effects on Learning 1988 2026 2000 2013 3.9k
  1. Cognitive Load During Problem Solving: Effects on Learning (1988)
    John Sweller Cognitive Science
  2. Why Minimal Guidance During Instruction Does Not Work: An Analysis of the Failure of Constructivist, Discovery, Problem-Based, Experiential, and Inquiry-Based Teaching (2006)
    Paul A. Kirschner, John Sweller et al. Educational Psychologist
  3. Cognitive Architecture and Instructional Design (1998)
    John Sweller, Jeroen J. G. van Merriënboer et al. Educational Psychology Review
  4. Cognitive load theory, learning difficulty, and instructional design (1994)
    John Sweller Learning and Instruction
  5. Cognitive Load Theory and Instructional Design: Recent Developments (2003)
    Fred Paas, Alexander Renkl et al. Educational Psychologist
  6. Cognitive Load Theory and the Format of Instruction (1991)
    Paul Chandler, John Sweller Cognition and Instruction
  7. Cognitive Load Theory and Complex Learning: Recent Developments and Future Directions (2005)
    Jeroen J. G. van Merriënboer, John Sweller Educational Psychology Review
  8. The Expertise Reversal Effect (2003)
    Slava Kalyuga, Paul Ayres et al. Educational Psychologist
  9. Element Interactivity and Intrinsic, Extraneous, and Germane Cognitive Load (2010)
    John Sweller Educational Psychology Review
  10. Cognitive Architecture and Instructional Design: 20 Years Later (2019)
    John Sweller, Jeroen J. G. van Merriënboer et al. Educational Psychology Review
  11. Cognitive load theory in health professional education: design principles and strategies (2009)
    John Sweller et al. Medical Education
  12. Why Some Material Is Difficult to Learn (1994)
    John Sweller, Paul Chandler Cognition and Instruction
  13. The Use of Worked Examples as a Substitute for Problem Solving in Learning Algebra (1985)
    John Sweller, Graham Cooper Cognition and Instruction
  14. Cognitive load during problem solving: Effects on learning (1988)
    John Sweller Cognitive Science
  15. Cognitive Load Theory: Instructional Implications of the Interaction between Information Structures and Cognitive Architecture (2004)
    Fred Paas, Alexander Renkl et al. Instructional Science
  16. Reducing cognitive load by mixing auditory and visual presentation modes. (1995)
    Renae Low, John Sweller et al. Journal of Educational Psychology
  17. Managing split-attention and redundancy in multimedia instruction (1999)
    Slava Kalyuga, Paul Chandler et al. Applied Cognitive Psychology
  18. Cognitive load theory and educational technology (2019)
    John Sweller Educational Technology Research and Development
  19. From Cognitive Load Theory to Collaborative Cognitive Load Theory (2018)
    Paul A. Kirschner, John Sweller et al. International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning
  20. Cognitive load theory and individual differences (2024)
    John Sweller Learning and Individual Differences

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Works of John Sweller being referenced

Cognitive load and the imagination effect
2004
Effects of schema acquisition and rule automation on mathematical problem-solving transfer.
1987
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Author Peers

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
John Sweller 19461 18015 14338 199 38.8k
Fred Paas 13824 13253 8469 314 27.3k
Richard E. Mayer 21018 22197 20597 480 50.4k
Jeroen J. G. van Merriënboer 9171 9726 8500 367 23.1k
John R. Anderson 7946 12958 4308 395 42.0k
K. Anders Ericsson 5546 9887 4923 124 31.6k
Jerome S. Bruner 4274 13368 14957 201 41.2k
Walter Kintsch 8033 14794 5111 149 27.6k
Jean Piaget 3955 10377 9806 261 28.5k
Paul A. Kirschner 2844 9378 11409 437 24.5k
L. S. Vygotsky 3491 16192 22460 31 42.5k

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