Crossing thresholds in academic reading

Innovations in Education and Teaching International

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 191-201

  Abbott, Rob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

academic reading; conceptual thresholds; threshold concepts

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877874938     PISSN: 14703297     EISSN: 14703300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14703297.2012.760865     Document Type: Article

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