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Argumentative Load Theory Paper

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It is a hot afternoon, you come home no AC but you have a small fan. As usual, you turned it high and seat in front of it seeking cooling. We can both agree you did not have to think a lot to put that in to your imagination. Communication sounds pretty simple but those that assume it is simple are usually the ones who communicating skills are difficult to understand. It’s not always about presenting a message that makes it valuable, it is how that message was communicated that determines the value. The value of message is based on how much of the information is retain by the audience. The four theories benefit to cost, schema, cognitive load, and dual coding theory are very important theories to consider when seeking to improve and retention …show more content…

When an individual is preparing a presentation it is important to understand the capacity of information a human can process in order to structure proper presentation. Giving a presentation seeking to impress the audience with all the knowledge you know will only lose their interest to listen. It is important to keep the cognitive load low in order to deliver a message the audience can process and retain. Understanding this theory will help me to design better short descriptive off season workout program for my athlete’s. Last year, I think I might have been too descriptive with the information I provided the athletes on the sheet I gave them for the summer. My thoughts on that reason was, if they read and understand the purpose of the workouts they will appreciate the skill sets more and apply it to their exercises. The results of that workout program was a failure. Many of them mention they did not have the proper equipment to apply the workout, but I know it was the overwhelm descriptions I wrote on the program that might have gave them that …show more content…

Learning these theories shows me the needs in area I did not once think were needed: communication skills. In many situations I faced in my current profession, I struggle trying to deliver messages to other coaches in the same career. I realize now, I was spending more time trying to impress other coaches with what know, then delivering the point I was trying to make. I have already start practicing these four theories within my current profession. The film session with my position group, have been limited due to my understanding of information processing. The overall knowledge of these theories will improve my communication skills as I work towards creating Moodle course in my other courses and structuring instruction lessons and workouts for my athletes in the future. Being open minded in this program have change my perspective and coaching approaches, which I strongly feel for the

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