Germane cognitive load

Cognitive Load Analysis For this week’s assignment I have chosen to critique an instruction aid pertaining to burn victims. This instruction is a PowerPoint presentation I found off of the internet and is uploaded along side this paper. While the PowerPoint presentation was created back in 2012 the information is still relevant and used today. When a patient arrives in the hospital emergency room with burns the main priority for staff is to remove all clothing and jewelry from the patient while also assessing their airway or ability to breath and maintain oxygenation. During this initial assessment the providers (nurses and doctors) are also applying the rule of 9. The rule of 9 basically divides the body into sections with each divided…

a hard time but because he knows the grass is greener on the other side. He also sings, “I 'm pushing to stay with something better,”(6) reiterating that he is struggling to overcome his addiction. All throughout the poetic song he repeats himself as most songs do called a chorus, but he more than repeats the chorus, he purposely repeats himself, such as in line 20, 30, and 44, as symbolism, a symbol for the habitual repetitive use of addictive behavior, that is alcoholism. Think of someone in…

I will now look at drop shipping which has been developed as a result of disintermediation. It is defined by (Shopify 2016) as “Drop shipping is a retail fulfillment method where a store doesn 't keep the products it sells in stock. Instead, when a store sells a product, it purchases the item from a third party and has it shipped directly to the customer. As a result, the merchant never sees or handles the product”. With the advancements in technology drop shipping has become a very valuable…

Geography Lesotho is a small African country located in the southern portion of Africa. Lesotho is enclaved by the country, South Africa. Lesotho’s natural resources are water, agricultural grazing land, diamonds, sand, clay and building stone. The country’s terrain consists of highlands with plateaus, hills, and mountains. The country is divided into 10 healthcare districts. The mountainous terrain and limited road infrastructure of Lesotho creates a barrier for individuals to access these…

resistance not only hinders your muscles ability to receive carbs for energy, but now causes them to break down in place of the “missing” sugar, which has been in your fat cells this whole time. How do we stop this from going too far and prevent further fat gains? Eating fewer calories is not the answer. Eating less sugar is. Calories do have some effect to your weight gains because eating too much obviously causes fat to become present. However, the main villain in this situation is excessive…

Introduction South Africa has the largest number of HIV infections, with approximately 6.4 million people living with HIV ( Shisana O et al., 2014) and 29.5% (National Department of Health, 2014) of this part were pregnant women. Figure 1 (Barron et al., 2013) showed prevalence of HIV infection among pregnant women from 1990 and 2010. From 2002 to 2012, HIV prevalence decreased among children (Avert, 2015). However, there were 9% of newly infected with HIV live in South Africa in 2011 (UNAIDS,…

This book tells the story of Damon Courtenay as he tries to overcome the adversities caused by haemophilia and Aids. After I finished this book, I was disappointed by the treatment people with HIV and Aids received, particularly by the men and women in the medical profession. I don't want to sound hypocritical and judge these people because personally, I don't know how I will react to such situation, particularly in the 1980’s where the knowledge of this disease was very low. I also believe…

developed through activates on speech-reading (Denh 2008). Marschark (1996) believe speech-read and spoken articulated words is important have an effect on reading. In the classroom with speaking information can help enable phonological encoding the development of speechreadiing. This will allow the student to use phonological development working memory. Hamilton explains attention, which is the most important in classroom to succeed during working memory. If a student is not attending and get…

appropriate toys, games, activities for babies, toddlers, and adolescents. The purpose of this present discussion is to advise parents on how toys, games, and activities enhance the evolving cognitive processes describe. Secondarily, the purpose of this paper is to discuss the video (Cognitive Development) Piagetian understanding of the world the reading of the articles by DeBord, discuss factors or techniques for memory processes that helped me learn to remember successfully and indicate why…

Every person in this world has different attitudes towards learning. There is someone who wants to study for his or her own benefit and there are some people who use learning as a reason to fulfill desire such as gaining a title and money. Learning for external benefit is totally against the Chinese teaching, especially when it comes to Confucius. Confucius is well known as one of the most influential Chinese philosophers and teachers. His teachings are focusing on the social relationship such…