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Why inclusive learning shouldn't always be fun
Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, 2023 A recent blog post on the SEDA educational development forum led to a stimulating discussion about whether learning should be fun (Saunders, 2022). As learning developers, it makes sense to make learning activities enjoyable for students where we can ...
Steven White
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Identification of threshold concepts involved in early electronics: Some new methods and results [PDF]
, 2012 This manuscript reports the threshold concepts identified over a two-year study in early circuits and electronics courses. Some novel methods have been used to improve confidence in the identification process.
Harlow, Ann, Scott, Jonathan B.
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Crossing Thresholds: Identifying conceptual transitions in postsecondary teaching
Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2013 In this paper we report on research we conducted to begin the process of identifying threshold concepts in the field of postsecondary teaching. Meyer & Land (2006) propose that within all disciplinary fields there seem to be particular threshold ...
Susan Wilcox, Andy B. Leger
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Conservation Science Education Online (CSEO) – A heritage science resource
Chemistry Teacher International, 2023 Conservation Science Education Online (CSEO) is a new online resource that shares strategies for teaching science in art conservation and related cultural heritage fields.
Murray Alison +15 more
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Frontiers in Education, 2021 Threshold concepts are recent, yet already established, aspects of medical education. However, they represent a new area in neuroscience education, especially given the recency of neuroscience as a field of research in its own right when compared to more
Stefano Sandrone, Kambiz N. Alavian
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Threshold Concepts and Student Learning Outcomes [PDF]
, 2015 One of the premises of this edited collection is that descriptions of writing matter, and matter deeply. Writing—for reasons articulated throughout this collection—is particularly vulnerable to uneven or problematic portrayals.
Estrem, Heidi
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A Threshold Concepts Approach to the Standards Revision
Communications in Information Literacy, 2013 This article describes how threshold concepts can inform the revision of ACRL's Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education.
Amy R. Hofer +2 more
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Threshold Concepts Theory in Higher Education—Introductory Statistics Courses as an Example
Education Sciences, 2022 The purpose of this research was to identify “threshold” concepts in introductory statistics courses by surveying engineering students. Threshold concepts are those ideas that bind a subject together and are fundamental to the thinking and practice ...
Wesam H. Beitelmal +7 more
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Threshold Concepts Vs. Tricky Topics - Exploring the Causes of Student's Misunderstandings with the Problem Distiller Tool [PDF]
, 2016 This paper presents a study developed within the international project JuxtaLearn. This project aims to improve student understanding of threshold concepts by promoting student curiosity and creativity through video creation.
Adams, Anne +4 more
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Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, 2017 A Review of: Roberts, L. (2017). Research in the real world: Improving adult learners web search and evaluation skills through motivational design and problem-based learning. College & Research Libraries, 78(4), 527-551.
Ann Glusker
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