Citizenship Australian Fields Educational psychology Education University of Adelaide | Role Author Name John Sweller | |
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Institutions University of New South Wales Alma mater University of Adelaide (PhD) Books Efficiency in Learning: Evidence-Based Guidelines to Manage Cognitive Load | ||
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John Sweller (1946 — ) is an Australian educational psychologist who is best known for formulating an influential theory of cognitive load.
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He received a Ph.D. from the University of Adelaide's Department of Psychology in 1972 — his thesis was entitled "Effects of initial discrimination training on subsequent shift learning in animals and humans" — and he also received a B.A. (Hons.) from the same institution in 1969.
He has authored over 80 academic publications, mainly reporting research on cognitive factors in instructional design, with specific emphasis on the instructional implications of working memory limitations (e.g., Sweller, Merrienboer & Paas, 1998) and their consequences for instructional procedures.
Sweller is a Fellow of the ASSA (Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia), and is currently Professor Emeritus at the University of New South Wales.[1]