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The notion of a threshold concept arose out of research by Jan Meyer and Ray Land, who define it as a core idea that’s conceptually challenging for students, who struggle to grasp it—but once grasped, it radically transforms the students’ perception of the subject.
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WHAT ARE THRESHOLD CONCEPTS? The easiest way to envisage a threshold concept is as a 'gateway' or 'portal' that leads the learner to a previously undiscovered, and perhaps inaccessible, way of thinking. While the exact nature of threshold concepts is still under review, some key characteristics have been identified (Meyer and Land, 2003): 1.
Definition of a Threshold Concept A threshold concept can be considered as akin to a portal, opening up a new and previously inaccessible way of thinking about something. It represents a transformed way of understanding, or interpreting, or viewing something without which the learner cannot progress.
define a “threshold concept” as an object of learning that acts like a portal, is transformative and enables the student to think about something in a new way. In his chapter of the first book, Perkins (Perkins, 2006) distinguishes threshold concepts from core concepts by
Understand the meaning of research. Distinguish between different kinds of researches. Understand the importance, need and significance of the research. Understand research design and the process of research design. Formulate a research problem and state it as a hypothesis. 1.3 MEANING OF RESEARCH
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Aug 1, 2009 · Most work on threshold concepts has hitherto related to discipline‐specific undergraduate education, however, the idea of generic doctoral‐level threshold concepts appeared to us to provide a...
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Abstract: Meyer and Land (2002) have introduced the notion of a threshold concept in student learning. By definition a threshold is an insight which is initially alien or counter-intuitive, is integrative in that it subsumes some previous knowledge and is transformative in that it leads to a different perspective of or within the discipline.
