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Direct linkSawyer C. Henderson; Karyn A. Allee – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2026
This discussion-based article provides secondary English Language Arts teachers with strategies using cognitive load theory (Sweller, 1988) by encouraging the use of picture books in the classroom to reduce cognitive load and scaffold literary analysis. Framed as a research-to-practice piece, the article begins by describing the challenge teachers…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Picture Books, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)
