Quiz: Cognitive Load Theory

Which of the following concepts does the definition explain?

An instructional design theory based on our knowledge of human cognitive architecture.

• Long term memory

• Cognitive theory of learning

• Working memory

• Cognitive load theory

State whether the following sentence is true or false.

Human cognitive architecture is the manner in which structures and functions required for human cognitive processes are organized.

• True

• False

Which of the below is not among the five principles suggested by Sweller about human cognition characteristics?

• Information Store

• Borrowing

• Split attention

• Randomness as genesis

State whether the following sentence is true or false.

The use of worked examples is effective for improving learning among expert learners.

• True

• False

Which effect of cognitive load theory on instructional technology is most appropriate to explain the picture below?

• Modality effect

• Split attention effect

• Redundancy effect

• Expertise reversal effect

Which effect of cognitive load theory on instructional technology is most appropriate to explain the picture below?

• Modality effect

• Split attention effect

• Redundancy effect

• Expertise reversal effect

Which effect of cognitive load theory on instructional technology is explained in the picture below?

• Worked examples

• Imagination

• Isolated integrating elements

• Guidance fading effect

Which biological principle of human cognitive architecture is taken as the basis for the effect of "worked examples"?

• Borrowing and reorganising

• Information store

• Randomness as genesis

• Narrow limits of change

What determines the levels of intrinsic cognitive load?

• Element interactivity

• Learner imagination

• Number of communication channels

• Environmental organising

State whether the following sentence is true or false. "There are no known limits of working memory when familiar, organised information from long-term memory is processed."

• True

• False