Prescriptive+Theories


 * Articles discussing a prescriptive theory: Cognitive Load Theory.**

Sweller, J. (2011). Cognitive load theory and e-learning. In //Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education// (pp. 5–6). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag. Retrieved from []

Kluge, A., Grauel, B., & Burkolter, D. (2013). Combining principles of Cognitive Load Theory and diagnostic error analysis for designing job aids: Effects on motivation and diagnostic performance in a process control task. //Applied ergonomics//, //44//(2), 285–296. doi:10.1016/j.apergo.2012.08.001
 * Cognitive Load theory is being tested in many disciplines.**

Sorden, S. (2013). The cognitive theory of multimedia learning. In B. Irby, G. Brown, R. Lara-Aiecio, & S. Jackson (Eds.), //The Handbook of Educational Theories//. Charlotte NC: Information Age Publishing. []

Prescriptive theories are also described as Instructionist as opposed to constructionist. Paypert, S. (n.d.). Constructionism vs. Instructionism. Retrieved August 29, 2011, from http://www.papert.org/articles/const_inst/const_inst1.html