Threshold concepts are concepts central to the mastery of a specific discipline. The project team created a generic model for using these concepts to explore and reflect on student misconceptions and the teaching of troublesome knowledge for use by teachers in biology. Student understanding of the concepts was tested and interventions designed to help improve understanding. A biology teaching package was created along with a generic teaching model and guidelines to assist learning. Project publications and resources are available at the project website.
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3 resources found.
Engineering Thresholds: an Approach to Curriculum Renewal
The University of Western Australia
2012
Using Threshold Concepts to Generate a New Understanding of Teaching and Learning Biology
The University of Sydney
2011
The University of New South Wales, University of Western Sydney
After Standards: Engaging and Embedding History Standards Using International Best Practice to Inform Curriculum Renewal
The University of New South Wales
2013
The University of Queensland, University of New England
