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(Ep 196) - Cognitive load theory and its applications for learning

Scott H Young Podcast

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Problem Solving Is Essential With Learning

Working memory is highly correlated with intelligence. Math and science tend to be high element inter activity domains. This is also why mastery of these subjects is seen as being a sign of intelligence. If you're falling behind in a subject, invest in more practice in the underlying skills. Doing this work will make you more fluent in the component kow which freeze up more working memory for handling the new topics. Those who have slightly more working memory capacity can handle slightly greater element inter activity. While this creates a small advantage in the short term, if it allows the basic concepts to be learned more readily could accumulate into a large advantage over time.

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