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• Cognitive load rises with increased element interactivity in lesson planning tasks. • Intrinsic load increases, extraneous load remains stable across complexity levels. • Planning experience does not reduce intrinsic cognitive load in student teachers. • Findings support Cognitive Load Theory in the context of teacher lesson planning. • Results inform instructional design for early teacher education.
Scholl et al. (Sat,) studied this question.