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Threshold concepts as a focus for metalearning activity: application of a research-developed mechanism in undergraduate engineering

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dc.contributor.authorMeyer, J.H.F.
dc.contributor.authorKnight, D.B.
dc.contributor.authorCallaghan, D.P.
dc.contributor.authorBaldock, T.E.
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractThis paper reports on the development of metalearning capacity in the learning of a threshold concept – capacity of transformative significance relative to metalearning in the general response context of a discipline or subject. The development of metalearning capacity is framed within a protocol that invites students to self-construct a ‘learning profile’ of themselves; reflect on it in light of theoretical considerations; and accordingly self-initiate changes to their learning behaviour. Findings are consistent with other studies in different disciplinary contexts that employed the same methodology – namely, that metalearning activity can be successfully focused on a particular threshold concept to benefit a substantial majority of students in a variety of ways ranging across a positive reinforcement of self, a change in conception of what ‘learning is’, to self-initiated change. Metalearning activity is advocated as a theoretically sound, and pedagogically driven, learning intervention – one that adds value to the student learning experience.
dc.identifier.citationInnovations in Education and Teaching International, 2015; 52(3):277-289
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/14703297.2015.1017515
dc.identifier.issn1470-3297
dc.identifier.issn1470-3300
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11541.2/119765
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.rightsCopyright 2015 Taylor and Francis
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/14703297.2015.1017515
dc.subjectlearning
dc.subjectmetalearning
dc.subjectthreshold concepts
dc.titleThreshold concepts as a focus for metalearning activity: application of a research-developed mechanism in undergraduate engineering
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished
ror.mmsid9915989382601831

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