John Sweller is an Australian educational psychologist who formulated cognitive load theory, an influential framework for instructional design built on the limited capacity of human working memory. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Nationality / Culture Defining ContributionFormulated cognitive load theory, an influential framework for instructional design based on the limited capacity of working memory. 1 Notable WorkCognitive Load During Problem Solving: Effects on Learning (1988) 1 Connections
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John Sweller (born Jan Schweller, Legnica, Poland, 26 January 1946) is an Australian educational psychologist who is best known for formulating an influential theory of cognitive load.
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more than eighty academic publications, mainly reporting research on cognitive factors in instructional design
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best known for formulating an influential theory of cognitive load
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Intrinsic cognitive load is the effort associated with a specific topic.
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