Communication and coordination costs of transactive activities can annul the benefit of sharing cognitive load in a group¶
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q1 i? The beneficial effect of sharing cognitive load within a group can be cancelled by communication and coordination costs caused by transactive activities. → Kirschner 2018
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Kirschner 2018¶
Kirschner, P. A., Sweller, J., Kirschner, F., & Zambrano R., J. (2018). From Cognitive Load Theory to Collaborative Cognitive Load Theory. Intern. J. Comput.-Support. Collab. Learn. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11412-018-9277-y
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A theoretical argument in the article's analysis of transactive activities: coordinating biologically secondary information is expected to impose heavy working memory load, so structure and control of communication and coordination are important in collaborative environments.
"The beneficial effect of being able to share the cognitive load within a group could be annulled by the costs of communication and coordination (i.e., cognitive load caused by transactive activities) between the group members."
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Communication and coordination costs of transactive activities can annul the benefit of sharing cognitive load in a group |
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Communication and coordination costs of transactive activities can annul the benefit of sharing cognitive load in a group |
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