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The Importance of Mindful Guidance in Instruction
The way the brain works means that we have at least three memory stores. Our working memory is very small, it only can deal with four, five, six new pieces of information at any one time. We get so much information from a sensory memory on the one hand and our long term memory is virtually limitless. The idea is to make use of instructional techniques that are effective and efficient and that don't make extra use. It'll always cause load every instructional technique that you use causes load, but you don't want it to cause extra or exorbitant Load.