Mayers+Triarchic+Model+of+Cognitive+Load

 Mayer’s Triarchic Model of Cognitive Load  Dr. Mayer talked about how people learn and retain information. There are three categories in Mayer’s Triarchic Model of Cognitive Load. They are Extraneous, Essential, and Generative Cognitive Processing Principles (Mayer, 2009). The extraneous cognitive processing should be reduced as much as possible by the instructor (Mayer, 2009). The main principles of adaptation are coherence, signaling, redundancy, and special temporal contiguity. In the Coherence principle, one should keep it simple. “Excluding extraneous material (words and images) anything that does not serve the instructional goal or objectionable goal or objective of the lesson.” Focus on what we have that people need to learn. Color might not be necessary. Coherence is when one leaves out any and all media that does not have a purpose to reach the goals and objectives of the lessons. Segmenting, pre-training, and modality are the most important principles for adaptation (Mayer, 2009). Essential cognitive processing needs to manage the important concepts and content can be understood in a simple manner. Pre-training – Students learn at a better rate if they are a little bit familiar with the concepts in the lessons that are being taught (Laureate, 2009). They will need to know the terms before being able to explain the concepts they will learn if they are key concepts and components of the lesson. Modality – Students learn at a better rate from a multimedia presentation when words are spoken in lieu of in written form.  The generative cognitive processing should encourage learning. The primary principles of adaptation is multimedia, personalization, voice, and image.
 * 1) **Extraneous Cognitive Processing Principles **
 * 1) **Essential Cognitive Processing Principles **
 * 1) **Generative Cognitive Processing Principles **

References Mayer, M. E. (2009). Multimedia learning (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Cambridge University  Press. ‍Laureate Education, Inc., (Executive Producer). (2009a). Multimedia research: Looking toward  the future [Video webcast]. Walden University