12.17.2017 - By NSW Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation
Cognitive load theory is a theory of how the human brain learns and stores knowledge. It was recently described by British educationalist Dylan Wiliam as 'the single most important thing for teachers to know'. Grounded in a robust evidence base, cognitive load theory provides support for explicit models of instruction.
Read by Sally Kohlmayer, CESE.
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