Monday, May 22, 2017

Cognitive Load Theory: the most important psych theory for teachers ever in the history of everything?

A while ago, Dylan Wiliam (one of my favorite educational researchers) posted this dramatic tweet:

When Dylan Wiliam says something like that, I pay attention! But I didn't find the linked paper easy to digest/apply, and I struggled a bit to see what the BIG DEAL was.

BUT this blog post from Dan Williams helped me quite a bit.


The post walks through the theory with an emphasis on how teachers might USE cognitive load research to help students learn. I get to teach a graduate class in the "Psychology of Teaching" and this might turn out to be a "centerpiece" of the class...



posted by Rob McEntarffer

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