John Sweller is one of the most influential learning science researchers, best known for his “cognitive load theory,” which suggests that educators should present information without extraneous ...
Why the most meaningful learning happens outside your comfort zone—and three ways to build the cognitive capacity to handle ...
The University of NSW educational psychology professor, who has been nominated as The Australian’s Australian of the Year, has spent decades researching memory and its application to improve education ...
If you have ever wondered why your eyes start glazing over as you read those dot points on the screen, as the same words are being spoken, take heart in knowing there is a scientific explanation. It ...
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. Is direct instruction a better teaching method than guided inquiry? Following John Sweller’s research, Peter Adams (The Age, 25/10) ...
University of NSW Emeritus Professor John Sweller wrote a paper for the Centre for Independent Studies ­entitled Why Inquiry-based Approaches Harm Students’ Learning. If you are a parent with ...
Powerpoint presentations, beloved of the business executive, are so ubiquitous that there are even PowerPoint presentations on how to do a PowerPoint presentation. Viewers find PowerPoint ...