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Cognitive Load Theory: Instructional Implications of the Interaction between Information Structures and Cognitive Architecture

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  1. Educational Technology Expertise Center, Open University of the Netherlands, 6401 DL, Heerlen, The Netherlands

    Fred Paas

  2. University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

    Alexander Renkl

  3. The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

    John Sweller

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Paas, F., Renkl, A. & Sweller, J. Cognitive Load Theory: Instructional Implications of the Interaction between Information Structures and Cognitive Architecture. Instructional Science 32, 1–8 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:TRUC.0000021806.17516.d0

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