Fred Paas

47.6k citations
368 papers · 35.8k · 17 hit papers · h-index 85

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Fred Paas

353 papers receiving 32.9k citations

Fred Paas's Hit Papers

The synergy of embodied cognition and cognitive load theory for optimized learning 2025 · 32 citations
320+10+21Years since publication10002.0k3.0k4.0k

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Fred Paas
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  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 16.8k
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology 16.1k
  • Computer Science Applications 3.4k
  • Human-Computer Interaction 3.3k
  • Education 10.8k
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Fred Paas, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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Cognitive Architecture and Instructional Design
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19984326
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Cognitive Load Theory and Instructional Design: Recent Developments
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20032026
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Cognitive Load Measurement as a Means to Advance Cognitive Load Theory
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20031923
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Training strategies for attaining transfer of problem-solving skill in statistics: A cognitive-load approach.
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19921590
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Cognitive Architecture and Instructional Design: 20 Years Later
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20191222
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Variability of worked examples and transfer of geometrical problem-solving skills: A cognitive-load approach.
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1994932
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Cognitive Load Theory: Instructional Implications of the Interaction between Information Structures and Cognitive Architecture
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2004765
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Development of an instrument for measuring different types of cognitive load
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2013751
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The Efficiency of Instructional Conditions: An Approach to Combine Mental Effort and Performance Measures
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1993723
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Instructional control of cognitive load in the training of complex cognitive tasks
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1994699
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Using Electroencephalography to Measure Cognitive Load
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2010563
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Measurement of Cognitive Load in Instructional Research
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1994561
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Supporting Self-Regulated Learning in Online Learning Environments and MOOCs: A Systematic Review
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2018453
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Implications of Cognitive Load Theory for Multimedia Learning
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2014439
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Effects of pairs of problems and examples on task performance and different types of cognitive load
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2013413
16 2008390
17 2011384
18 2008376
19 2009329
20 2005315

About Fred Paas

Fred Paas is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Artificial Intelligence, Education and Social Psychology, having authored 368 papers that have together received 35.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes (199 papers), Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods (105 papers), Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning (71 papers), Learning Styles and Cognitive Differences (33 papers), Online and Blended Learning (31 papers), Action Observation and Synchronization (28 papers), Hearing Impairment and Communication (21 papers) and Educational Games and Gamification (19 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (16.8k citations), Developmental and Educational Psychology (16.1k citations), Computer Science Applications (3.4k citations), Human-Computer Interaction (3.3k citations) and Education (10.8k citations). Fred Paas has collaborated with scholars based in Netherlands, Australia and United States. Frequent co-authors include Jeroen J. G. van Merriënboer, John Sweller, Tamara van Gog, Alexander Renkl, Huib K. Tabbers, Pascal W. M. Van Gerven, Juhani E. Tuovinen, Paul Ayres, Björn B. de Koning and Remy M. J. P. Rikers. Their work appears in journals such as Educational Psychology Review, Applied Cognitive Psychology, Computers in Human Behavior, Learning and Instruction and Computers & Education.

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