Assessment
Research
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Question of the Week: Can a Low-Stakes Assignment Improve Students’ Attitudes? (Herman, 2022)
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Testing Frequency and Student Achievement: A Systematic Review (Thomsen et al., 2022)
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Using Low-Stakes Quizzes To Encourage Mastery (University of Central Florida, 2018)
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Formative Evaluation and Formative Feedback: An Effective Practice to Promote Student Learning in Higher Education (Moya & Tobar, 2017)
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Using Formative Assessment and Metacognition to Improve Student Achievement (Hudesman et al., 2013)
Resources
Cognitive Load
Research
"Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a
framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people based on scientific insights into
how humans learn." ~ CAST
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How to Reduce the Cognitive Load on Students During Lessons (Kelleher, 2022)
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Cognitive Load and Virtual Learning Environments (Meacham, 2022)
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Cognitive Architecture and Instructional Design: 20 Years Later (Sweller, van Merrienboer, & Paas, 2019)
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How to Avoid Cognitive Overload During Learning (Oracle, 2019)
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Well-Being as a Cognitive Load Reducing Agent: A Review of the Literature(Hawthorne, Vella-Broderick, & Hattie, 2019)
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Battling Your 'Expert Blindspot': Unpack Complex Concepts and Tasks to Lighten Students' Cognitive Load and Promote Deeper Learning (Dvorak, 2018)
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Cognitive Load Theory and its Application in the Classroom (Shibili & West, 2018)
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From Cognitive Load Theory to Collaborative Cognitive Load Theory (Kirschner et al., 2018)
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Managing Cognitive Load is a Delicate Act of Balance (SHIFT, 2018)
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The Goldilocks Principle: 6 Tips On Creating The ‘Just Right’ eLearning Content
(Sudarshan, 2018
"Cognitive load theory aims to explain how the information processing load induced by learning tasks can affect students’ ability to process new information and to construct knowledge in long-term memory.
If cognitive load becomes too high, it hampers learning and transfer. Such demands include inadequate instructional methods to educate students about a subject as well as unnecessary distractions of the environment."