The relative contribution of cognitive load and it’s dimensions in predicting cognitive failure among university students
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Cognitive Load, Cognitive Failure, University students
Abstract
The present study aimed at identifing The relative contribution of cognitive load and it’s dimentions in predicting cognitive failure among sample of university students and to reveal the significance of the differences in cognitive load and cognitive failure according two variables (type and specialization). The study sample was 557 university students (mean age22.8,sd.1.33), consisted of (59 ) male and(498) female students teachers at the Faculty of Education, Menoufia University on whome cognitive load and cognitive failure measures were applied as prepared by the current study. The results showed that there is a statistically significant correlation between the students' scores in cognitive failure and each of the cognitive load as dimensions and as a total degree.
The results also found: The internal cognitive load and germane load can predict the cognitive failure of university students, where the beta value reached the level of statistical significance at the level of 0.05. The external cognitive load did not reach the level of statistical significance in its ability to predict cognitive failure among university students. By adding the internal and external cognitive load in one degree and re-predicting again, the results showed that the value of beta -0.586 has reached the level of statistical significance at 0.05. There are no statistically significant differences between males and females in cognitive load and cognitive failure according two variables (gender and specialization).
Keywords: Cognitive Load, Cognitive Failure, University students.
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Chandler, P. & Sweller, J. (1992). The spilt-attention effect as a factor in the design of instruction. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 62, 233-246.
Cheyne,j., Carriere,j. & Smilek,D.(2006). Absent-mindedness: Lapses of Conscious Awareness and Everyday Cognitive Failures. Conscious Cogn, 15(3),578-92.
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Larson, E., & Merritt, R. (1991). Can accidents be predicted? An empirical test of the Cognitive Failures Questionnaire. AppliedPsychology, 40(1), 37–45.
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Merckelbach , H.,et al. (1996),Memory and Cognitive Failure. Fishr Books.
Mills,J. (2016). A Mixed Methods Approach To Investigating Cognitive Load And Cognitive Presence In An Online And Face-To-Face College Algebra Course. PhD Thesis, University of Kentucky.
Owens, P., & Sweller, J. (2008) .Cognitive load theory and music instruction. Educational Psychology, 28 (1), 29-45.
Paas, F., Renkl, A. & Sweller, J. (2004). Cognitive Load Theory: Instructional Implications of the Interaction between Information Structures and Cognitive Architecture. Instructional Science, 32, 1–8.
Paas, F., Renkl, A. and Sweller, J. (2003). Cognitive Load Theory and Instructional Design: Recent Developments. Educational Psychologist, 38 (1), 1-4.
Paas, F., Tuovinen,.E., Tabbers,.K. ,& Van Gerven,.M. (2003). Cognitive load measurement as a means to advance cognitive load theory. Educational Psychologist, 38 (1), 63–71.
Robertson, H., Manly, T., Andrade, J., Baddeley, T., & Yiend, J. (1997). performance correlates of everyday attentional failures in traumatic brain injured and normal subjects. Neuropsychological, 35(6), 747-758.
Robinson,V.(2016).It’s about time: the effectivness of time perception as a meausrement of vognitive load,university of Mississippi.
Sandewall,E.(1997).Electronic newsletter on reasoning about actionsandchange.1,1403-204X(Electronicversion),from http://www.ep.liu.se/ej/enrac/1997/
Schnotz, W., & Kurschner, C. (2007). A reconsideration of cognitive load theory. Educational Psychology Review, 19.469–508.
Spillers,G., Brewer,G. & Unsworth,N.(2012).Variation in cognitive failures: An individual differences investigation of everyday attention and memory failures. Journal of Memory and Language, 67, 1–16.
Sweller , J. & Chandler , P. ( 1991 ) . Evidence for cognitive load theory . Cognitive and instruction , 8 , 351-362 .
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Sweller, J., &Chandler, P. (1994). Why some material is difficult to learn. Cognition and Instruction, 12 (3), 185-233.
Sweller, J., Ayres, P., & Kalyuga, S. (2011). Cognitive Load Theory. Vol. 1. New York, NY: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4419-8126-4.
van Merrie¨nboer,J., & Sweller , J. (2010).Cognitive load theory in health professional educationdesign principles and strategies, Medical Education, 44, 85–93.
Van Merriënboer, G., & Ayres, P. (2005). Research on cognitive load theory and its design implications for e-learning. Educational Technology Research and Development, 53 (3), 5-13.
Van Merriënboer, G., & Sweller, J. (2005). Cognitive load theory and complex learning: Recent developments and future directions. Educational Psychology Review, 17, 147-177.
Wallace, C., & Vodanovich, J. (2003). Can accidents and industrial mishaps be predicted? Further investigation into the relationship between cognitive failure and reports of accidents. Journal of Business and Psychology,17(4), 503–514.
Weigand, F., & Hanze, M. (2009). Inducing Germane Load While Reducing Extraneous Load By Incrementally Fading – in A Work Example, Department of psychology.from https://docplayer.net/24035092-Inducing-germane-load-while-reducing-extraneous-load-by-incrementally-fading-in-a-worked-example.html
Wiliam, D .(2017). I've come to the conclusion Sweller's Cognitive Load Theory is the single most important thing for teachers to know.from
Yao, Y.( 2006). The effect of different representation formats of hypertext annotations on cognitive load, learning and learner control. Adoctoral dissertation, University of central florida, Orlando, florida.
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