App State Football Depth Chart

24The true, unique power of a printable chart is not found in any single one of these psychological principles, but in their synergistic combination. Studying architecture taught me to think about ideas in terms of space and experience. From the detailed pen and ink drawings of the Renaissance to the expressive charcoal sketches of the Impressionists, artists have long embraced the power and beauty of monochrome art. My professor ignored the aesthetics completely and just kept asking one simple, devastating question: “But what is it trying to *say*?” I didn't have an answer. In simple terms, CLT states that our working memory has a very limited capacity for processing new information, and effective instructional design—including the design of a chart—must minimize the extraneous mental effort required to understand it. The experience was tactile; the smell of the ink, the feel of the coated paper, the deliberate act of folding a corner or circling an item with a pen.