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Nine Ways to Reduce Cognitive Load in Multimedia Learning

Authors: Mayer, R. E.; Moreno, R. · Year: 2003 · Tier: position · DOI/URL: https://doi.org/10.1207/S15326985EP3801_6

Across ages Foundations of optimal learning Attention and memory

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ClaimBasis
K13 (candidate)Note carries the bank kill sentence behind K13 (group K13); no change in review

Review state: first-pass draft, pending human review.

Source note (Swedish, verbatim from the Kunskapsbank)

Syntes: Mayer & Moreno 2003 — nio sätt att sänka cognitive load i multimedia (CLT-002)

Källa: Mayer, R. E., & Moreno, R. (2003). Nine Ways to Reduce Cognitive Load in Multimedia Learning. Educational Psychologist, 38(1), 43–52. https://doi.org/10.1207/S15326985EP3801_6

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Finding

CTML-antaganden: dual-channel, limited capacity, active processing.

Nio designlösningar (urval med median ES där angivet): 1. Modality / off-loading — narration + bild istället för on-screen text + bild (modality ≈ 1,17). 2. Segmenting — bryt kontinuerlig presentation. 3. Pretraining — lär komponenter före hel systemmodell. 4. Weeding / coherence — ta bort intressant men irrelevant material (seductive details). 5. Signaling — markera organisationsstruktur. 6. Spatial contiguity / aligning — ord nära motsvarande grafik. 7. Eliminating redundancy — undvik samtidig narration + identisk tryckt text (≈ 0,69). 8. Temporal contiguity / synchronizing. 9. Individanpassning (t.ex. spatial ability-moderation).

Mechanism

Extraneous load (irrelevant multimedia/detaljer) tränger undan germane processing inom begränsad WM-kapacitet.

Limits

Många korta labbexperiment; 2003 — senare metas (Rey; Sundararajan; Cheng 2025) uppdaterar ES.

This claim dies if …

Replikering där seductive details/extraneous multimedia höjer transfer under samma instruktionstid.

Swedish implication

Stop seductive details/extraneous multimedia; measure transfer efter städad design.

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Metadata as recorded

Titel
Nine Ways to Reduce Cognitive Load in Multimedia Learning
Författare
Mayer, R. E.; Moreno, R.
År
2003
Källa/DOI
https://doi.org/10.1207/S15326985EP3801_6
Tidskrift
Educational Psychologist, 38(1), 43–52
Typ
teoripapper + summerade experimentella effekter (CTML)
Åldersgrupp
övergripande
Teman
uppmarksamhet-och-minne; optimalt-larande-grunder; analogt-vs-digitalt
Sparade fil
Mayer-Moreno-2003-nine-ways.pdf (+ mcmaster-spegel)
Hämtad
2026-09-07
ID
CLT-002
Tier
position
Köpflagga
KANSKE — university-spegel sparad; officiell Taylor & Francis/LEA-PDF rekommenderas för arkiv

Original files held in the project (not published): Mayer-Moreno-2003-mcmaster.pdf, Mayer-Moreno-2003-nine-ways.pdf