MALET: Cognitive Load Theory/Diverse Learning Styles Week 2

2. Cognitive Load Theory
Distraction
Emotion

3. Learning
Creativity
Growth Discovery

4. Playfulness

5. Modalities

6. 7 +/- 2: Making Sense

7. Organization: Long-term

8. Integration

9. • Emotion: Learning

10. “Prior
knowledge is
complex and
personal.” (Zull
109.)

11. Imagination
• Schemas allow
integration of
material.
Imagination
allows us to
visualize
procedures in
working memory
(Sweller 1502,
1507)

12. As educators and instructional designers,
we should strive to understand and
incorporate diverse learning styles.