Conference presentation
Testing the effectiveness of Threshold Concepts Framework for students’ learning: a case study from the technology-dominated
2013 Learning & Teaching Week Program Booklet, p.12
Learning & Teaching Week, 2013 (Sunshine Coast, Australia, 26-Aug-2013–30-Aug-2013)
University of the Sunshine Coast
2013
Abstract
In past few years, the Threshold Concepts Framework (TCF) has become a popular learning framework because it draws on a number of theoretical perspectives both from different learning theories and the ways students learn across a diverse range of disciplines. The initial phase of research on learning using the TCF emphasised on the identification of threshold concepts within disciplines. However, this emphasis is now increasingly shifting towards implementing TCF in learning activities; and subsequently measuring the effectiveness of TCF for students' learning. This presentation will use a case study from an introductory course on geographical information systems (GIS) to showcase the implementation of TCF. GIS is an area which is broadly sub-divided into technological components mainly in the form of user-friendly software packages, a theoretical component that draws principles from a wide range of disciplines, and an application component. These facilitate GIS's application to numerous disciplines. Therefore, testing of TCF within this discipline represents the potential for the application of TCF to a broad variety of technology-dominated disciplines. The introductory GIS course utilises the TCF to design activities that engage students for learning. Moreover, the TCF is implemented in the assessment-feedback regimes of the course. Such implementation provide opportunity to measure the effectiveness of TCF for students' learning that can be evaluated by measuring the level of disciplinary discourse demonstrated by students in their assessment tasks as well as by measuring students' meta-learning capacity. This presentation will discuss the methodological challenges associated with measuring effectiveness of TCF for students' learning.
Details
- Title
- Testing the effectiveness of Threshold Concepts Framework for students’ learning: a case study from the technology-dominated
- Authors
- Sanjeev K Srivastava (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
- Publication details
- 2013 Learning & Teaching Week Program Booklet, p.12
- Conference details
- Learning & Teaching Week, 2013 (Sunshine Coast, Australia, 26-Aug-2013–30-Aug-2013)
- Publisher
- University of the Sunshine Coast
- Date published
- 2013
- Organisation Unit
- School of Science and Engineering - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Science, Technology and Engineering; Sustainability Research Cluster
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99449139802621
- Output Type
- Conference presentation
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