Once we identify the problems caused by cognitive overload, we need to tackle its causes in our classrooms and labs.
Following on from his article on how working memory is very limited, how an overloaded working memory struggles to process new information, and how a process known as chunking helps clear the bottleneck, this week Tom Wilson discusses how understanding the learning process can inform our teaching.
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