Effort was consistently described as willful, motivation-dependent investment, whereas load was described as imposed and difficult to control¶
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q2 i? Across cultures, interviewees characterized effort as active, willful, motivation-dependent investment and load as something imposed that cannot easily be controlled. → Tino Endres 2025
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Tino Endres 2025¶
Tino Endres, Lisa Bender, Stoo Sepp, Shirong Zhang, Louise David, Melanie Trypke, et al. (2025). Developing the Mental Effort and Load–Translingual Scale (MEL‑TS) as a Foundation for Translingual Research in Self‑Regulated Learning. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-024-09978-8
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Qualitative interview analysis of bilingual participants' reflections on effort and load concepts. The article reports effort was "described as an active investment that is made willfully and controllably", and separately that mental load was described as "something imposed or even forced that cannot be controlled easily (English and French)". Descriptive qualitative finding; no effect size.
"Overall, effort was described as an active investment that is made willfully and controllably and depends on motivation."
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Related Claims¶
- Bilingual interviewees across six languages all recognized the effort–load distinction but emphasized different aspects of each construct — a broader claim this one bears on
- Effort investment is driven differently in CLT (data-driven, task difficulty) versus SRL theories (goal-driven, motivation) — related
- Promoting autonomous motivation was linked to higher motivation, lower experienced cognitive load, and higher achievement, but causality cannot be interpreted — related
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Effort was consistently described as willful, motivation-dependent investment, whereas load was described as imposed and difficult to control |
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Effort was consistently described as willful, motivation-dependent investment, whereas load was described as imposed and difficult to control |
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