Educational Psychology ReviewSeptember 1998
Cognitive Architecture and Instructional Design
Sweller, van Merriënboer, and Paas review cognitive load theory and the limited capacity of working memory when people process information.
What the source reports
- The article describes working memory as having limited capacity.
- It reviews instructional approaches intended to reduce unnecessary cognitive load and support schema construction.
Why it matters here
Chapter 2 shows why repeatedly locating, interpreting, checking, and comparing information is a material cost rather than a neutral step.
Guided Intelligence interpretation
The source does not endorse Guided Intelligence. It supports the need to reduce avoidable reconstruction work rather than repeatedly impose it on individual workers.