CLT

COGNITIVE LOAD THEORY

Merve Yurtalan

What is CLT ?

Cognitive load theory (CLT) can be described as the “knowledge of human cognitive architecture” and its influence on learning

Germane Load

Intrinsic Load

Extraneous Load

It is the inherent level of difficulty associated with a specific instructional topic.

It is generated by the manner in which information is presented to learners and is under the control of instructional designers.

It is load that is devoted to the processing, construction and automation of schemas.

When intrinsic cognitive load is low (simple content) sufficient mental resources may remain to enable a learner to learn from "any" type of instructional material, even that which imposes a high level of extraneous cognitive load. Being high both of them makes impossible to learn because there is no enough memory space to germane/effective load.