John Sweller is an Australian educational psychologist at the University of New South Wales, where he became Professor Emeritus in 2020. In the late 1980s he developed cognitive load theory out of research on problem solving, arguing that instructional design must respect the severe limits of working memory, and he has since published more than eighty academic works applying that idea to how material should be presented to learners. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Nationality / Culture Defining ContributionDeveloped cognitive load theory, arguing that instructional design should manage the intrinsic, extraneous and germane demands a task places on the strict capacity and duration limits of working memory. 2 John Sweller
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John Sweller, who developed cognitive load theory, was Professor Emeritus at the University of New South Wales.
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As of 2020 he was Professor Emeritus at the University of New South Wales.
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In the late 1980s, educational psychologist John Sweller developed cognitive load theory out of a study of problem solving.
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