Identifying threshold concepts and proposing strategies to support doctoral candidates

Innovations in Education and Teaching International

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 293-304

  Kiley, Margaret ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Doctoral; Postgraduate; Threshold concepts

Indexed keywords

EID: 75149136498     PISSN: 14703297     EISSN: 14703300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14703290903069001     Document Type: Article

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