TY - BOOK AU - Meyer,Jan AU - Land,Ray TI - Overcoming barriers to student understanding: threshold concepts and troublesome knowledge SN - 0415374308 (hbk.) PY - 2006/// CY - Abingdon, Oxon PB - Routledge KW - Concept learning KW - Knowledge, Theory of N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Threshold concepts and troublesome knowledge: an introduction / Jan Meyer and Ray Land -- Threshold concepts and troublesome knowledge: issues of liminality / Jan Meyer and Ray Land -- Constructivism and troublesome knowledge / David Perkins -- Metacognition, affect, and conceptual difficulty / Anastasia Efklides -- Threshold concepts: how can we recognise them? / Peter Davies -- Threshold concepts in biology: do they fit the definition? / Charlotte Taylor -- The troublesome nature of a threshold concept in economics / Martin Shanahan and Jan Meyer -- Threshold concepts in economics: a case study / Nicola Reimann and Ian jackson -- Threshold concepts, troublesome knowledge, and emotional capital: an exploration into learning about others / Glynis Cousin -- Threshold concepts in introductory accounting / Ursula Lucas and Rosina Mladenovic -- Disjunction as a form of troublesome knowledge in problem-based learning / Maggi Savin-Baden -- On the mastery of philosophical concepts: Socratic discourse and the unexpected'affect' / Jenny Booth -- Using analogy in science teaching as a bridge to students' understanding of complex issues / Simon Bishop -- Implications of threshold concepts for curriculum design and evaluation / Ray Land ... [et al.] UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip064/2005034793.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0654/2005034793-d.html ER -