Institute of Health Professions Education and Research, Khyber Medical University Peshawar, Pakistan.
J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad. 2020 Oct-Dec;32(4):585-587.
Sometimes, knowledge or information becomes difficult to understand and/or memorize. Cognitive load theory aids a learner to gain information effectively. It provides a scientific roadmap to the design of learning materials. Through a complex set of mental processes, information is acquiring, process, retain, and comprehend information. Applying mental effort for remembering is a very crucial phenomenon. The core of memory process is apprehending and saving of information into long term memory. Because of limited capacity of working memory, delivering or acquiring of information should not be overloaded with irrelevant materials. Based on cognitive load theory dozens of strategies can be intervened at different loci of cognitive process and every piece of information is easily remembered. Not only learners, but teachers can also get benefits from them. In this commentary, John Sweller ideology is further discussed and strategies are presented for better comprehension and memorization of difficult information.
有时,知识或信息变得难以理解和/或记忆。认知负荷理论帮助学习者有效地获取信息。它为学习材料的设计提供了科学的路线图。通过一系列复杂的心理过程,信息被获取、处理、保留和理解。为了记忆而付出心理努力是一个非常关键的现象。记忆过程的核心是理解和将信息保存到长期记忆中。由于工作记忆的容量有限,传递或获取信息不应被无关材料所淹没。基于认知负荷理论,可以在认知过程的不同位置介入数十种策略,并且每条信息都很容易被记住。不仅学习者,教师也可以从中受益。在这篇评论中,进一步讨论了约翰·斯威勒的思想,并提出了一些策略,以更好地理解和记忆困难的信息。