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TABLE OF CONTENTS10. Threshold Concepts: Challenging the Way we Think, Teach <strong>and</strong> Learnin Biology...................................................................................................... 165Pauline M. Ross, Charlotte E.Taylor, Chris Hughes, Michelle Kofod,Noel Whitaker, Louise Lutze-Mann <strong>and</strong> Vicky Tzioumis11. The Testable Hypothesis as a Threshold Concept for Biology Students....... 179Charlotte E. Taylor <strong>and</strong> Jan H.F. Meyer12. Assessing Progression in Students’ Economic Underst<strong>and</strong>ing: The Roleof Threshold Concepts................................................................................... 193Peter Davies <strong>and</strong> Jean Mangan13. Threshold Concepts <strong>and</strong> Attrition in First-Year Economics.......................... 207Martin P. Shanahan, Gigi Foster <strong>and</strong> Jan H.F. Meyer14. Compounded Thresholds in Electrical Engineering ...................................... 227Michael T. Flanagan, Philip Taylor <strong>and</strong> Jan H.F. Meyer15. Threshold Concepts in Computer Science: An Ongoing EmpiricalInvestigation .................................................................................................. 241Lynda Thomas, Jonas Boustedt, Anna Eckerdal, Robert Mccartney,Jan Erik Moström, Kate S<strong>and</strong>ers <strong>and</strong> Carol Z<strong>and</strong>er16. Identifying a Potential Threshold Concept in Nanoscience <strong>and</strong> Technology:Engaging Theory in the Service of Practice .................................................. 259Eun-Jung Park <strong>and</strong> Greg Light17. Troublesome Grammar Knowledge <strong>and</strong> Action-Research-Led AssessmentDesign: Learning from Liminality................................................................. 281Marina Orsini-JonesPart III: Ontological Transformations18. Engineering <strong>and</strong> Social Justice: Negotiating the Spectrum of Liminality ..... 303Jens Kabo <strong>and</strong> Caroline Baillie19. What Decoding the Disciplines Can Offer Threshold Concepts .................. 317Leah Shopkow20. Identifying Threshold Concepts in the Bank Reconciliation Section ofan Introductory Accounting Course: Creating an Ontological Shift forStudents ......................................................................................................... 333Sidney Weil <strong>and</strong> Nicholas Mcguigan21. The Threshold Concept Journey in Design: from identificationto application ................................................................................................. 347Jane Osmond <strong>and</strong> Andrew Turnervi

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