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ERRR #009. Andrew Martin, Load Reduction Instruction, Motivation and Engagement

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The Importance of Automaticity in Education

You talked a little bit there about automation or as you move towards the end of those five steps building automaticity into the process of students as they solve problems and as they learn. To what extent does accepting load reduction instruction as a helpful kind of model hinge on the acceptance of an individual of that statement? The aim of education is to increase the information held in long term memory. This is achieved through instructions that optimize the capacity of working memory and long term memory to process new information efficiently.

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