Table 1 Cognitive Load Scores
From: Learning clinical reasoning: how virtual patient case format and prior knowledge interact
VP format | Prior knowledge | Before VPs Mean (SD) | After 4 VPs Mean (SD) | After 8 VPs Mean (SD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Intrinsic cognitive load | ||||
Serial cue | low | 3.31 (.64) | 3.38 (.79) | 3.44 (.84) |
high | 3.11 (.50) | 3.00 (74) | 3.24 (.71) | |
Overall | 3.20 (.58) | 3.17 (.78) | 3.33 (.76) | |
Whole case | low | 3.32 (.56) | 3.32 (.85) | 3.52 (.83) |
high | 3.11 (.65) | 2.93 (.81) | 3.00 (.80) | |
Overall | 3.19 (.62) | 3.07 (.84) | 3.19 (.84) | |
Overall | low | 3.32 (.60) | 3.35 (.81) | 3.47 (.83) |
high | 3.11 (.59) | 2.96 (.77) | 3.11 (.76) | |
Overall | 3.19 (.60) | 3.12 (.81) | 3.26 (.81) | |
Extraneous cognitive load | ||||
Serial cue | low | 2.51 (.75) | 2.78 (.88) | 2.79 (.92 |
high | 2.61 (.63) | 2.60 (.87) | 2.62 (.75) | |
Overall | 2.57 (.68) | 2.68 (.87) | 2.70 (.83) | |
Whole case | low | 2.56 (.64) | 3.04 (.89) | 3.05 (.83) |
high | 2.70 (.84) | 2.56 (.80) | 2.61 (.92) | |
Overall | 2.65 (.78) | 2.72 (.86) | 2.77 (.91) | |
Overall | low | 2.53 (.70) | 2.89 (.88) | 2.91 (.88) |
high | 2.66 (.74) | 2.57 (.83) | 2.62 (.84) | |
Overall | 2.61 (.73) | 2.70 (.86) | 2.74 (.87) | |