Control (management)

Cognitive psychology

Neuroscience

Working memory

Cognitive architecture

Cognition

Economics

Computer science

Visual arts

Architecture

Cognitive science

Psychology

Task (project management)

Management

Cognitive load

Artificial intelligence

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Cognitive-load researchers attempt to engineer the instructional control of cognitive load by designing methods that substitute productive for unproductive cognitive load. This article highlights proven and new methods to achieve this instructional control by focusing on the cognitive architecture used by cognitive-load theory and aspects of the learning task, the learner, and the learning environment.

Cognitive-Load Theory: Methods to Manage Working Memory Load in the Learning of Complex Tasks