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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Educational Research Association

Overview

Fred Paas is affiliated with Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Their research contributions primarily focus on Psychology, with an emphasis on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Education, Social Psychology, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

Paas has published extensively on topics related to Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes, Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods, Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning, Online and Blended Learning, Creativity in Education and Neuroscience, Education, Achievement, and Giftedness, as well as Online Learning and Analytics.

Their recent scholarly works include:

  • Cognitive-Load Theory: Methods to Manage Working Memory Load in the Learning of Complex Tasks (2020, Current Directions in Psychological Science)
  • The Validity of Physiological Measures to Identify Differences in Intrinsic Cognitive Load (2021, Frontiers in Psychology)
  • Five Strategies for Optimizing Instructional Materials: Instructor- and Learner-Managed Cognitive Load (2021, Educational Psychology Review)
  • Effectiveness of Multimedia Pedagogical Agents Predicted by Diverse Theories: a Meta-Analysis (2021, Educational Psychology Review)
  • A Cognitive Load Theory Approach to Defining and Measuring Task Complexity Through Element Interactivity (2023, Educational Psychology Review)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Paas include:

  • Björn B. de Koning
  • Martine Baars
  • Myrto F. Mavilidi
  • Jacqueline Wong
  • Shirong Zhang

Paas has contributed to several publication venues multiple times, notably:

  • Educational Psychology Review
  • Education Sciences
  • Frontiers in Education
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Computers in Human Behavior

An honor awarded to Paas includes fellowship of the American Educational Research Association, received in 2010.

Best Publications

  • Cognitive Architecture and Instructional Design

    John Sweller;Jeroen J. G. van Merrienboer;Jeroen J. G. van Merrienboer;Fred G. W. C. Paas

  • Cognitive Load Theory and Instructional Design: Recent Developments

    Fred Paas;Alexander Renkl;John Sweller

  • Cognitive Load Measurement as a Means to Advance Cognitive Load Theory

    Fred Paas;Juhani E. Tuovinen;Huib Tabbers;Pascal W. M. Van Gerven

  • Training strategies for attaining transfer of problem-solving skill in statistics: A cognitive-load approach.

    Fred G. W. C. Paas

  • Variability of Worked Examples and Transfer of Geometrical Problem-Solving Skills: A Cognitive-Load Approach

    Fred G. W. C. Paas;Jeroen J. G. Van Merriënboer

  • Cognitive Architecture and Instructional Design: 20 Years Later

    John Sweller;Jeroen J. G. van Merriënboer;Fred Paas;Fred Paas

  • Cognitive Load Theory: Instructional Implications of the Interaction between Information Structures and Cognitive Architecture

    Fred Paas;Alexander Renkl;John Sweller

  • The efficiency of instructional conditions: An approach to combine mental-effort and performance measures

    Fred G. W. C. Paas;Jeroen J. G. Van Merriënboer

  • Instructional control of cognitive load in the training of complex cognitive tasks

    Fred G. W. C. Paas;Jeroen J. G. Van Merriënboer

  • Development of an instrument for measuring different types of cognitive load

    Jimmie Leppink;Fred Paas;Fred Paas;Cees P. M. Van der Vleuten;Tamara Van Gog

  • Measurement of cognitive load in instructional research.

    Fred G. W. C. Paas;Jeroen J. G. van Merriënboer;Jos J. Adam

  • Implications of cognitive load theory for multimedia learning

    Fred Paas;John Sweller

  • Using Electroencephalography to Measure Cognitive Load

    Pavlo Antonenko;Fred Paas;Fred Paas;Roland Grabner;Tamara van Gog

  • A Cognitive Load Approach to Collaborative Learning: United Brains for Complex Tasks

    Femke Kirschner;Fred Paas;Paul A. Kirschner

  • Problem-based learning is compatible with human cognitive architecture: Commentary on Kirschner, Sweller, and Clark (2006).

    Henk G. Schmidt;Sofie M. M. Loyens;Tamara Van Gog;Fred Paas

  • Cognitive Load Theory: New Conceptualizations, Specifications, and Integrated Research Perspectives

    Fred Paas;Fred Paas;Tamara van Gog;John Sweller

  • An Evolutionary Upgrade of Cognitive Load Theory: Using the Human Motor System and Collaboration to Support the Learning of Complex Cognitive Tasks.

    Fred Paas;Fred Paas;John Sweller

  • Instructional Efficiency: Revisiting the Original Construct in Educational Research.

    Tamara Van Gog;Fred Paas

  • Supporting Self-Regulated Learning in Online Learning Environments and MOOCs: A Systematic Review

    Jacqueline Wong;Martine Baars;Dan Davis;Tim van der Zee

  • A Motivational Perspective on the Relation Between Mental Effort and Performance: Optimizing Learner Involvement in Instruction

    Fred Paas;Juhani Ensio Tuovinen;Jeroen J.G. van Merrienboer;A. Aubeteen Darabi

Frequent Co-Authors

Tamara van Gog
Tamara van Gog Utrecht University
Jeroen J. G. van Merriënboer
Jeroen J. G. van Merriënboer Maastricht University
Paul Ayres
Paul Ayres University of New South Wales
Jos J. Adam
Jos J. Adam Maastricht University
John Sweller
John Sweller University of New South Wales
Rolf A. Zwaan
Rolf A. Zwaan Erasmus University Rotterdam
Remy M. J. P. Rikers
Remy M. J. P. Rikers Utrecht University
Paul Chandler
Paul Chandler University of Wollongong
Paul A. Kirschner
Paul A. Kirschner Open University in the Netherlands
Liesbeth Kester
Liesbeth Kester Utrecht University

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