EDUC2102 PASS Week 5 Quiz | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

What is Extraneous Cognitive Load?

This comes from the instruction associated with the task - it relates to anything included that isn't related to the learning goal.

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What is Intrinsic Cognitive Load?

The inherent complexity of the information.

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What is 'Cognitive Load'?

The amount of working memory resources that a task requires of the person doing it.

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Who came up with Cognitive Load Theory?

John Sweller!

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What is the only way to reduce germane load?

By increasing the knowledge of the learner.

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What is cognitive overload?

When someone is given too much information or too many simultaneous tasks so that they cannot process it efficiently or sustainably.

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TRUE OR FALSE: We as teachers should try to minimise extraneous load.

True!

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What is 'element interactivity'?

The extent to which elements of a material relate to eachother.

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Give 20 points!

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TRUE OR FALSE: Teachers should try to reduce germane load to the minimum.

False - we need this to process and encode information.

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TRUE OR FALSE: Intrinsic cognitive load can only be changed by changing the task or changing the knowledge of the learner.

True!

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What is Germane Cognitive Load?

This is the mental capacity that is dedicated to making connections between new information and existing knowledge.

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Lose 25 points!

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Go to last place!

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Take 10 points!

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What are some ways that teachers can reduce students' extraneous cognitive load?

Keep resources simple (no unnecessary fonts, irrelevant animations, etc). Minimise distractions, avoid irrelevant information (tangents, etc).

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