A cognitive approach to threshold concepts

Higher Education

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 247-263

  Walker, Guy ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Curriculum design; Schema theory; Threshold concepts

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873739384     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-012-9541-4     Document Type: Article

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