Designing learning activities corresponding to germane load has always required methods and techniques external to cognitive load theory¶

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Subclaims¶

q1 i? The design of learning activities associated with germane load always required methods and techniques external to the theory. → Kalyuga 2011

Evidence¶

Kalyuga 2011¶

Kalyuga, S. (2011). Cognitive Load Theory: How Many Types of Load Does It Really Need?. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-010-9150-7

q1 · i? · theoretical · r2

Theoretical argument from the abstract about the practical consequences of the germane-load construct: its "corresponding learning activities always required methods and techniques external to the theory". No empirical evidence is presented.

"The design of corresponding learning activities always required methods and techniques external to the theory."

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