Threshold concepts in engineering education - Exploring potential blocks in student understanding

International Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 955-962

  Baillie, Caroline ^a,b   Goodhew, Peter ^a   Skryabina, Elena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Barriers to learning; Complex numbers; Knowledge blockage; Threshold concepts; Troublesome knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751027418     PISSN: 0949149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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