Threshold concepts in the development of problem-solving skills
| dc.contributor.author | Wismath, Shelly | |
| dc.contributor.author | Orr, Doug | |
| dc.contributor.author | MacKay, Bruce | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-12-10T22:20:40Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-12-10T22:20:40Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
| dc.description | Sherpa Romeo green journal. Open access article. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) applies | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Problem- solving skills are of ten identified as a key component of 21st century education. This study collected data from students enrolled in a university- level Liberal Education science course called Problems and Puzzles, which introduced students to the theory and practice of problem solving via puzzles. Based on classroom observation and other qualitative data collected over three semesters, we have identified three significant changes in student behaviour at specific points in the course. These changes can be posited to reveal three underlying threshold concepts in the evolution and establishment of students’ problem- solving skills. | en_US |
| dc.description.peer-review | Yes | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Wismath, S., Orr, D., & MacKay, B. (2015). Threshold concepts in the development of problem-solving skills. Teaching & Learning Inquiry, 3(1), 63-73. https://doi.org/10.20343/teachlearninqu.3.1.63 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10133/5622 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning | en_US |
| dc.publisher.faculty | School of Liberal Education | en_US |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Lethbridge | en_US |
| dc.publisher.url | https://doi.org/10.20343/teachlearninqu.3.1.63 | en_US |
| dc.subject | Problem solving | en_US |
| dc.subject | Theshold concepts | en_US |
| dc.subject | Persistence | en_US |
| dc.subject | Novice-to-expert transition | en_US |
| dc.subject | Transformative experience | en_US |
| dc.subject | Liminal state | en_US |
| dc.subject | Student behavior | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Problem-based learning | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Problem solving--Study and teaching (Higher) | |
| dc.title | Threshold concepts in the development of problem-solving skills | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |