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Taming a beast of burden - On some issues with the conceptualisation and operationalisation of cognitive load (2010)
Journal Article
Beckmann, J. (2010). Taming a beast of burden - On some issues with the conceptualisation and operationalisation of cognitive load. Learning and Instruction, 20(3), 250-264. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2009.02.024

Research on cognitive load theory (CLT) has not yet provided facet-specific measures of cognitive load. The lack of valid methods to measure intrinsic, extraneous and germane cognitive load makes it difficult to empirically test theoretical explanati... Read More about Taming a beast of burden - On some issues with the conceptualisation and operationalisation of cognitive load.

You need to know: There is a causal relationship between structural knowledge and control performance in complex problem solving tasks (2010)
Journal Article
Goode, N., & Beckmann, J. (2010). You need to know: There is a causal relationship between structural knowledge and control performance in complex problem solving tasks. Intelligence, 38(3), 345-352. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intell.2010.01.001

This study investigates the relationships between structural knowledge, control performance and fluid intelligence in a complex problem solving (CPS) task. 75 participants received either complete, partial or no information regarding the underlying s... Read More about You need to know: There is a causal relationship between structural knowledge and control performance in complex problem solving tasks.