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Tiêu đề
Threshold Concepts in the Development of Problem-solving Skills
Tác giả
Wismath S.; Orr D.; MacKay B.
Năm xuất bản
2015
Source title
Teaching and Learning Inquiry
Số trích dẫn
8
DOI
10.20343/teachlearninqu.3.1.63
Liên kết
Tóm tắt
Problem-solving skills are often identified as a key component of 21 st century education. This study collected data from students enrolled in a university-level Liberal Education science course called Problems and Puzzles, which introduced students to the theory and practice of problem solving via puzzles. Based on classroom observation and other qualitative data collected over three semesters, we have identified three significant changes in student behaviour at specific points in the course. These changes can be posited to reveal three underlying threshold concepts in the evolution and establishment of students' problem-solving skills. Copyright © 2015 The International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Từ khóa
Liminal state; Novice-to-expert transition; Persistence; Problem solving; Threshold concepts; Transformative experience
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Nơi xuất bản
University of Calgary
Hình thức xuất bản
Article
Open Access
All Open Access; Hybrid Gold Open Access
Nguồn
Scopus