COGNITIVE LOAD THEORY AND THE USE OF WORKED EXAMPLES AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY IN PHYSICS FOR DISTANCE LEARNERS: A PRELIMINARY STUDY
This article revisits the cognitive load theory to explore the use of worked examples to teach a selected topic in a higher level undergraduate physics course for distance learners at the School of Distance Education, Universiti Sains Malaysia. With a break of several years from receiving formal edu...
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| description | This article revisits the cognitive load theory to explore the use of worked examples to teach a selected topic in a higher level undergraduate physics course for distance learners at the School of Distance Education, Universiti Sains Malaysia. With a break of several years from receiving formal education and having only minimum science background, distance learners need an appropriate instructional strategy for courses that require complex conceptualization and mathematical manipulations. As the working memory is limited, distance learners need to acquire domain specific knowledge in stages to lessen cognitive load. This article charts a learning task with a lower cognitive load to teach Fermi-Dirac distribution and demonstrates the use of sequential worked examples. Content taught in stages using worked examples can be presented as a form of didactic conversation to reduce transactional distance. This instructional strategy can be applied to similar challenging topics in other well-structured domains in a distance learning environment. |
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| spelling | usm.eprints-384592018-01-22T04:30:48Z http://eprints.usm.my/38459/ COGNITIVE LOAD THEORY AND THE USE OF WORKED EXAMPLES AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY IN PHYSICS FOR DISTANCE LEARNERS: A PRELIMINARY STUDY Saw, Kim Guan LC5800-5808 Distance education. This article revisits the cognitive load theory to explore the use of worked examples to teach a selected topic in a higher level undergraduate physics course for distance learners at the School of Distance Education, Universiti Sains Malaysia. With a break of several years from receiving formal education and having only minimum science background, distance learners need an appropriate instructional strategy for courses that require complex conceptualization and mathematical manipulations. As the working memory is limited, distance learners need to acquire domain specific knowledge in stages to lessen cognitive load. This article charts a learning task with a lower cognitive load to teach Fermi-Dirac distribution and demonstrates the use of sequential worked examples. Content taught in stages using worked examples can be presented as a form of didactic conversation to reduce transactional distance. This instructional strategy can be applied to similar challenging topics in other well-structured domains in a distance learning environment. Anadolu University 2017-10 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/38459/1/COGNITIVE_LOAD_THEORY_AND_THE_USE_OF_WORKED.pdf Saw, Kim Guan (2017) COGNITIVE LOAD THEORY AND THE USE OF WORKED EXAMPLES AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY IN PHYSICS FOR DISTANCE LEARNERS: A PRELIMINARY STUDY. Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 18 (4). pp. 142-159. ISSN 1302-6488 https://doi.org/10.17718/tojde.34040 |
| spellingShingle | LC5800-5808 Distance education. Saw, Kim Guan COGNITIVE LOAD THEORY AND THE USE OF WORKED EXAMPLES AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY IN PHYSICS FOR DISTANCE LEARNERS: A PRELIMINARY STUDY |
| title | COGNITIVE LOAD THEORY AND THE USE OF WORKED EXAMPLES AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY IN PHYSICS FOR DISTANCE LEARNERS: A PRELIMINARY STUDY |
| title_full | COGNITIVE LOAD THEORY AND THE USE OF WORKED EXAMPLES AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY IN PHYSICS FOR DISTANCE LEARNERS: A PRELIMINARY STUDY |
| title_fullStr | COGNITIVE LOAD THEORY AND THE USE OF WORKED EXAMPLES AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY IN PHYSICS FOR DISTANCE LEARNERS: A PRELIMINARY STUDY |
| title_full_unstemmed | COGNITIVE LOAD THEORY AND THE USE OF WORKED EXAMPLES AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY IN PHYSICS FOR DISTANCE LEARNERS: A PRELIMINARY STUDY |
| title_short | COGNITIVE LOAD THEORY AND THE USE OF WORKED EXAMPLES AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY IN PHYSICS FOR DISTANCE LEARNERS: A PRELIMINARY STUDY |
| title_sort | cognitive load theory and the use of worked examples as an instructional strategy in physics for distance learners a preliminary study |
| topic | LC5800-5808 Distance education. |
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