Keywords
Flipped classroom
Cognitive load
Optimal control
Effective learning
Submitted : 2025-07-12
Accepted : 2025-07-27
Published : 2025-08-11
Abstract
This study aims to explore how to optimize and control the learning cognitive load of students in the flipped classroom model of college English. By analyzing the influencing factors of cognitive load, conducting surveys, and summarizing the situation of students’ cognitive load in flipped classroom teaching of college English, a series of optimization control strategies were proposed to reduce cognitive stress in the learning process, increase students’ interest and sense of achievement in learning English, and promote the occurrence of effective learning.
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