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| Importance of the working memory in the learning process is that in order to reach long-term memory storage, information first has to be retrieved and processed by the working memory. After acquiring a new schema (verbal, pictorial, spoken or written(([[http://books.google.hr/books?id=ymJ9o-w_6WEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Mayer,+Richard+E.+Multim%C3%A9dia+learning&hl=hr&ei=XMNrTeSmG43ItAbaprn3DA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false|Mayer, Richard E. Multimédia learning, p21. Cambridge University Press, 2001.]]))), it can be further extended and improved by practice and finally automated (for example operation of reading). If a schema is automated, conscious effort needed to perform a task related to it will be decreased.(([[http://www.cmu.edu/teaching/trynew/sweller-visualinstructionaldesign.pdf|Sweller, J. Visualisation and instructional design. In Proceedings of the International Workshop on Dynamic Visualizations and Learning, 1501–1510, 2002.]])) | Importance of the working memory in the learning process is that in order to reach long-term memory storage, information first has to be retrieved and processed by the working memory. After acquiring a new schema (verbal, pictorial, spoken or written(([[http://books.google.hr/books?id=ymJ9o-w_6WEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Mayer,+Richard+E.+Multim%C3%A9dia+learning&hl=hr&ei=XMNrTeSmG43ItAbaprn3DA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false|Mayer, Richard E. Multimédia learning, p21. Cambridge University Press, 2001.]]))), it can be further extended and improved by practice and finally automated (for example operation of reading). If a schema is automated, conscious effort needed to perform a task related to it will be decreased.(([[http://www.cmu.edu/teaching/trynew/sweller-visualinstructionaldesign.pdf|Sweller, J. Visualisation and instructional design. In Proceedings of the International Workshop on Dynamic Visualizations and Learning, 1501–1510, 2002.]])) | ||
| - | [[http://books.google.hr/books?id=mFJe8ZnAb3EC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false|{{:images:cognitive_load.jpg?x250 |Cognitive load and working memory. Image borrowed from Plass, Jan L., Roxana Moreno, and Roland Brünken. Cognitive Load Theory. Cambridge University Press, 2010. Click on the picture to follow the link.}}]] | + | According to the cognitive load theory, during the process of learning, a cognitive load is imposed on the working memory. For learning to be efficient, the amount of cognitive load imposed must not exceed the capacity available. Cognitive load theory suggests three types of cognitive load((The earlier versions of the theory (1988-1998) included only two types of the cognitive load: extraneous and intrinsic. Germane cognitive load was introduced in [[http://www.scribd.com/doc/47751/Sweller-Cognitive-Load-Theory-and-Instructional-Design|Sweller, J., van Merriënboer, J. J. G. and Paas, F. G. W. C. Cognitive architecture and instructional design. Educational Psychology Review, 10, 251–296. 1998.]])): |
| - | According to the cognitive load theory, during the process of learning, a cognitive load is imposed on the working memory. For learning to be efficient, the amount of cognitive load imposed must not exceed the capacity available. Cognitive load theory sugggests **three types of cognitive load**((The earlier versions of the theory (1988-1998) included only two types of the cognitive load: extraneous and intrinsic. Germane cognitive load was introduced in [[http://www.scribd.com/doc/47751/Sweller-Cognitive-Load-Theory-and-Instructional-Design|Sweller, J., van Merriënboer, J. J. G. and Paas, F. G. W. C. Cognitive architecture and instructional design. Educational Psychology Review, 10, 251–296. 1998.]])): | + | [[http://books.google.hr/books?id=mFJe8ZnAb3EC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false|{{:images:cognitive_load.jpg?x250 |Cognitive load and working memory. Image borrowed from Plass, Jan L., Roxana Moreno, and Roland Brünken. Cognitive Load Theory. Cambridge University Press, 2010. Click on the picture to follow the link.}}]] |
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