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.
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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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John Sweller (born Jan Schweller, Legnica, Poland, 26 January 1946) is an Australian educational psychologist who is best known for formulating an influential theory of cognitive load.
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As of 2020 he was Professor Emeritus at the University of New South Wales.
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he was Professor Emeritus at the University of New South Wales
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John Sweller (born Jan Schweller, Legnica, Poland, 26 January 1946) is an Australian educational psychologist who is best known for formulating an influential theory of cognitive load.
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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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As of 2020 he was Professor Emeritus at the University of New South Wales.
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According to Sweller: "The worked example effect is the best known and most widely studied of the cognitive load effects".
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