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Sawyer 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)
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Sonia Triana-Vera; Omar López-Vargas – Knowledge Management & E-Learning, 2026
The research compares the effects of two motivational scaffolding models included in a multimedia environment that addresses technological content and evaluates their influence on cognitive load and academic performance in students with different cognitive styles in the field dependenceindependence (FDI) dimension. The study involved 145…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Student Motivation