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At a general level we would argue that programmes [of study] should be designed and systematically reviewed according to … the processes through which learners are made ready for, approach, recognise, and internalise threshold concepts.
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Meyer, J.H.F., Knight, D.B., Baldock, T.E., Callaghan, D.P., Mccredden, J., O’Moore, L. (2016). What to do with a Threshold Concept. In: Land, R., Meyer, J.H.F., Flanagan, M.T. (eds) Threshold Concepts in Practice. Educational Futures. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-512-8_15
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