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The New Science of Learning

Teaching in Higher Ed

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What Is Cognitive Load?

Cognitive load is the amount of information a person can process at one time. There are three types of cognitive load: implicit, lowd and extraneous. A physics book is just harder than a third grade novel according to e-mailing from iReport.com. E-mail us your thoughts on what you've learned so far in this story.

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