Jeroen JG Van Merriënboer

Dr. Merriënboer holds a chair in Learning and Instruction at his university (Maastricht) and is also the director of the research program of the Graduate School of Health Professions Education. His research is foundational to instructional design, cognitive load theory, and the 4C/ID model. According to Google Scholar, his work has been cited over 57K times. Some of his top cited work is linked below: 

• Sweller, J., van Merrienboer, J. J. G., & Paas, F. G. W. C. (1998). Cognitive Architecture and Instructional Design. Educational Psychology Review, 10(3), 251–296. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022193728205

• van Merriënboer, J.J.G., Sweller, J. Cognitive Load Theory and Complex Learning: Recent Developments and Future Directions. Educ Psychol Rev 17, 147–177 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-005-3951-0

• Spector, J. M., Merill, M. D., van Merrienboer, J. J., & Driscoll, M. P. (2008). Handbook of Research on Educational Communications and Technology. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

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