Demystifying threshold concepts

Journal of Philosophy of Education

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 263-270

  Rowbottom, Darrell Patrick ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34548389813     PISSN: 03098249     EISSN: 14679752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9752.2007.00554.x     Document Type: Review

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