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Overcoming Barriers to Student Understanding: Threshold Concepts and Troublesome Knowledge
Jan Meyer
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Description for Overcoming Barriers to Student Understanding: Threshold Concepts and Troublesome Knowledge
Paperback. This work examines the difficulties of student learning and offers advice on how to overcome them through course design, assessment practice and teaching methods. It provides innovative case materials from a wide range of institutions and disciplines. Num Pages: 240 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, 4 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 370.
It has long been a matter of concern to teachers in higher education why certain students `get stuck' at particular points in the curriculum whilst others grasp concepts with comparative ease. What accounts for this variation in student performance and, more importantly, how can teachers change their teaching and courses to help students overcome such barriers? This book examines the difficulties of student learning and offers advice on how to overcome them through course design, assessment practice and teaching methods. It also provides innovative case material from a wide range of institutions and disciplines, including ... Read more
It has long been a matter of concern to teachers in higher education why certain students `get stuck' at particular points in the curriculum whilst others grasp concepts with comparative ease. What accounts for this variation in student performance and, more importantly, how can teachers change their teaching and courses to help students overcome such barriers? This book examines the difficulties of student learning and offers advice on how to overcome them through course design, assessment practice and teaching methods. It also provides innovative case material from a wide range of institutions and disciplines, including ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
369g
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415514187
SKU
V9780415514187
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About Jan Meyer
Jan Meyer is Professor of Education and foundation Director of the Centre for Learning, Teaching, and Research in Higher Education, University of Durham. Ray Land is Professor of Higher Education Development and Director, Centre for Higher Education Development, Coventry University. Education in Cyberspace , He has written widely on higher education, and his books ... Read more
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