Cognitive load theory in health professional education: design principles and strategies

What type of Cognitive Load deals with Intrinsic Cognitive Load?

• Extraneous Load

• Germane Load

• Evoking self-explanation

• Goal-free tasks

Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding the role of long-term memory?

• Long-term memory holds cognitive schemas that vary in their degree of complexity and automation

• Long-term memory decreases cognitive load associated with the performance of later tasks

• Long-term memory is used exclusively for novel information obtained through sensory memory

• Long-term memory alters the characteristics of working memory

What factors are taken into account by cognitive load theory when analysing working memory load?

• Element interactivity, intrinsic element interactivity and extrinsic element interactivity

• The type of learnings tasks, the manner in which tasks are presented and the amount of learning that occurs

• Intrinsic load, extraneous load and germane load

• The number of elements that must be processed simultaneously, the task to be learned and problem solving resources used

What type of load results when learners must use trial and error or other weak problem-solving methods?

• Germane load

• Intrinsic load

• Extraneous load

• Element interactivity

In low element-interactive materials, what happens if instructional design is aimed at reducing extraneous load?

• Negligible effects on learning

• Sufficient cognitive resources available for learning

• Cognitive resources necessary for learning

• Working memory capacity surpasses overload

When teaching complex tasks involving high element-interactive materials, what two load types must be lowered in order to improve learning?

• Extraneous and Germane

• Intrinsic and Germane

• Goal and Extraneous

• Extraneous and Intrinsic

According to the worked example principle, what should be provided to reduce extraneous load?

• Worked examples

• Completion tasks

• Goal-free tasks

• Instructions

Which of the following is the principle that recommends replacing a written explanatory text and another source of visual information with a spoken explanatory text and the visual source of information?

• Redundancy Principle

• Modality Principle

• Perception Principle

• Principle of Retention

Which of the following guidelines is used to gradually increase the number of interacting elements in a highly complex or ill-defined tasks?

• Fading Guidance Strategy

• Completion Strategy

• Integrated to Non-Integrated Strategy

• Design Guideline

Which of the following strategies is used to increase the germane load and hence the intrinsic load by including prior-knowledge elements from long-term memory?

• Completion Strategy

• Fading Guidance Strategy

• Self-Explanation Effect

• Design Guideline