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CLT

CLT CLT, or Cognitive Load Theory, is an educational psychology model about how the demands of a task and the way instruction is designed interact with the limited capacity of working memory.

CLT, or Cognitive Load Theory, is an educational psychology model about how the demands of a task and the way instruction is designed interact with the limited capacity of working memory. It emphasizes reducing unnecessary mental effort and organizing learning tasks so people can build lasting knowledge structures and apply what they learn.