Dr Munirah and Dr Imelda Caleon publish a journal article in the Applied Cognitive Psychology journal

Dr Munirah Shaik Kadir, Education Research Scientist at the Centre for Research in Pedagogy and Practice (CRPP) and Dr Imelda Caleon, Assistant Dean (Partnerships) at the Office of Education Research (OER), Senior Education Research Scientist at the Science of Learning in Education Centre (SoLEC), published a journal article titled, “The effects of load reduction instruction on educational outcomes: An intervention study on hands-on inquiry-based learning in science” in the Applied Cognitive Psychology journal.

In this study, they examined the effects on students' educational outcomes when the five key principles of the load reduction instruction (LRI) framework were implemented to reduce the cognitive load of inquiry-based learning with hands-on involvement. Multiple regression analysis was used to compare the educational outcomes of the intervention and control groups. The control group also experienced hands-on inquiry-based learning, but without LRI. Results showed that students in the intervention group had better outcomes, indicating the effectiveness of LRI in managing the high cognitive load of complex instruction.