Threshold Concepts: Undergraduate Teaching, Postgraduate Training and Professional Development     -     Countries List: South Africa     

This page lists the references, cited in the Threshold Concept Web Site Main and Subject Pages, in which at least one of the authors carried out the research in South Africa.

South Africa

  SA1
  Evans, N. D. (2019) Connecting Higher Education Learning Spaces in a Blended Zululand Teaching and Learning Ecology,
In: Handbook of Research on Blended Learning Pedagogies and Professional Development in Higher Education, Chapter 10, pp 177-195
https://www.igi-global.com/chapter/connecting-higher-education-learning-spaces-in-a-blended-zululand-teaching-and-learning-ecology/208355            (last accessed: 9 July 2018)

  SA2
  Dhunpath, R., Amin, N. and Khumalo, L. (2017) Editorial: Advancing Teaching Innovation and Research Excellence in Higher Education,
Alternation Journal 24 (2), 1-11.
http://alternation.ukzn.ac.za/files/articles/volume-24/issue-2/01-HEditorial-F.pdf           (last accessed: 5 April 2018)

  SA3
  Albertyn, R., van Coller-Peter, S. and Morrison, J. (2018) A Multi-level Researcher Development Framework to Address Contrasting Views of Student Research Challenges,
South African Journal of Higher Education 32 (1), 13-30.
http://dx.doi.org/10.20853/32-1-1639           (last accessed: 2 April 2018)

  SA4
  Goebel, J. L. S. (2017) Students’ Learning of Threshold Concepts in Undergraduate Economics,
Doctor of Philosophy Thesis, School of Education, College of Humanities, University of KwaZulu-Natal, January 2017
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/316543406_Students%27_learning_of_threshold_concepts_in_undergraduate_economics           (last accessed: 26 September 2017)

  SA5
  Maistry, S. M. (2017) Betwixt and between: Liminality and dissonance in developing threshold competences for research supervision in South Africa,
South African Journal of Higher Education 31 (1), 119-134.

  SA6
  Maistry, S. M. (2015) Crossing over to education for PhD study: liminality and threshold crossing,
Alternation: Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of the Arts and Humanities in Southern Africa 17, 209-225.

  SA7
  Goebel, J. L. and Maistry, S. M. (2014) Threshold Concepts: Insights for teaching and learning in undergraduate economics in South Africa?,
8th Annual Teaching & Learning Higher Education Conference, UKZN, Pinetown, September 2014

  SA8
  Ferreira, A., Lemmer, M. and Gunstone, R. (2017) Alternative Conceptions: Turning Adversity into Advantage,
Research in Science Education: Available online: 04 August 2017, DOI 10.1007/s11165-017-9638-y.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11165-017-9638-y           (last accessed: 16 August 2017)
[Physics,  Enhancement]
  SA9
  Fullard, A. (2016) Using the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy to foster teaching and learning partnerships,
South African Journal of Libraries and Information Science 82 (2), 46-56.
http://sajlis.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/1627           (last accessed: 25 February 2017)

  SA10
  Ojo, E. O. (2016) On teaching economics 1: A qualitative case study of a South African university,
PhD Thesis, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, April 2016
http://www.legitimationcodetheory.com/pdf/2016Ojo_PhD.pdf           (last accessed: 14 July 2016)

  SA11
  McKenna, S. (2016) Crossing conceptual thresholds in doctoral communities,
Innovations in Education and Teaching International: Available online 21 Mar 2016, DOI: 10.1080/14703297.2016.1155471.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14703297.2016.1155471           (last accessed: 30 March 2016)

  SA12
  van Schalkwyk, S. C., Murdoch-Eaton, D., Tekian, A., van der Vleuten, C. and Cilliers, F. (2016) The supervisor’s toolkit: A framework for doctoral supervision in health professions education: AMEE Guide No. 104,
Medical Teacher: Available online 21 Mar 2016, DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2016.1142517.
http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/0142159X.2016.1142517           (last accessed: 30 March 2016)

  SA13
  Winberg, C., Winberg, S., Jacobs, C., Garraway, J. and Engel-Hills, P. (2016) ‘I take engineering with me’: epistemological transitions across an engineering curriculum,
Teaching in Higher Education: Avaiable online 16 Mar 2016, DOI: 10.1080/13562517.2016.1160045.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13562517.2016.1160045           (last accessed: 22 March 2016)

  SA14
  Rohlwink, M. (2014) Threshold concepts - ECP symp. 2014,
ECP symp. 2014:
http://www.slideshare.net/MonikaRohlwink1/threshold-concepts-ecp-symp-2014           (last accessed: 26 January 2016)

  SA15
  Frith, V. and Lloyd, P. (2016) Investigating Proportional Reasoning in a University Quantitative Literacy Course ,
Numeracy 9 (1), Article 3: DOI: 10.5038/1936-4660.9.1.3.
http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/numeracy/vol9/iss1/art3           (last accessed: 18 January 2016)

  SA16
  Khalo, X. and Bayaga, A. (2015) Analysis of errors due to deficient mastery of prerequisite skills, facts and concepts: A case of financial mathematics,
The Independent Journal of Teaching and Learning 10, 98-113.
http://iiespace.iie.ac.za/handle/11622/58           (last accessed: 3 November 2015)

  SA17
  Pillay, K. (2015) Learning and the Illusion of Solid and Separate Things: Troublesome Knowledge and the Curriculum,
Edge Hill University Centre for Learning and Teaching University Learning and Teaching Day Conference 6th July 2015
https://www.edgehill.ac.uk/clt/files/2015/03/Learning-and-the-Illusion-of-Solid-and-Separate-Things-ver3.pdf           (last accessed: 20 September 2015)

  SA18
  Long, C. (2015) Learning Pathways within the Multiplicative Conceptual Field: Insights Reflected through a Rasch Measurement Framework,
Empirische Studien zur Didaktik der Mathematik, Volume 24, Waxman Verlag GmbH, Münster, Germany
Adapted version of Caroline Long’s Doctorate in Education Thesis, University of Cape Town, December 2011
https://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr=&id=MkpzCgAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA1&ots=xXEvqmAhPN&sig=Fjr70xw7lwgi_TebnNAXl5WwWJs#v=onepage&q&f=false           (last accessed: 6 September 2015)

  SA19
  Frith, V. and Lloyd, P. (2014) Students’ difficulty with proportional reasoning in a university quantitative literacy course : Part 2 : HELTASA 2012 Special Section,
South African Journal of Higher Education 28 (3), 940-960.

  SA20
  Tedre, M., Brash, D., Männikkö-Barbutiu, S. and Cronjé, J. (2014) Towards identification and classification of core and threshold concepts in methodology education in computing,
Proceeding of the ITiCSE’14 19th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, June 23-25, 2014, Uppsala, Sweden, ACM New York, NY, USA, 2014, doi>10.1145/2591708.2591758, pp 237-242
https://www.openconf.org/iticse2014/modules/request.php?module=oc_program&action=summary.php&id=1145           (last accessed: 28 June 2014)

  SA21
  Sheik Ismail, A. (2014) Factors that affect the persistence of Master of Occupational Therapy students at Stellenbosch University,
Master of Occupational Therapy Thesis, Stellenbosch University, South Africa, April 2014
http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/86200           (last accessed: 25 April 2014)

  SA22
  Lloyd, P. and Frith, V. (2013) Proportional reasoning as a threshold to numeracy at university: A framework for analysis,
Pythagoras, 34(2), Art. #234, 9 pages on-line:
http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/pythagoras.v34i2.234           (last accessed: 16 October 2013)

  SA23
  Chetty, J. and van der Westhuizen, D. (2013) "I hate programming" and Other Oscillating Emotions Experienced by Novice Students Learning Computer Programming,
In Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA), Jan Herrington et al. (Eds.), Victoria, Canada, June 24, 2013, AACE, ISBN 978-1-939797-03-2, pp 1889-1894
http://www.editlib.org/p/112226           (last accessed: 4 August 2013)

  SA24
  Chetty, J. and van der Westhuizen, D. (2013) The Transient Emotions and Conceptions of Students Crossing a Threshold While Learning to Program: A Phenomenographic Study,
In Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA), Jan Herrington et al. (Eds.), Victoria, Canada, June 24, 2013, AACE, ISBN 978-1-939797-03-2, pp 1895-1905.
http://www.editlib.org/p/112227           (last accessed: 4 August 2013)

  SA25
  Craig, T. S. and Campbell, A. (2013) Vector Calculus for Engineers - The Academic Development Model,
CULMS Newsletter No.7, July 2013, pp 21-25:
http://www.math.auckland.ac.nz/CULMS/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/CULMS-No7-Issue.pdf#page=21           (last accessed: 12 July 2013)

  SA26
  Frith, V. and Lloyd, P. (2013) Quantitative Literacy and Epistemological Access at University: Reflections on Using the Threshold Concept Framework for Research,
Mathematics Education and Society 7th International Conference, 2-7 April 2013, Cape Town, South Africa:
http://www.mes7.uct.ac.za/Frith%20_%20Lloyd_Paper.pdf           (last accessed: 27 March 2013)

  SA27
  Peté, M. (2013) Employing Poetry to Understand the Transformative Experience of Attending a Virtual Conference,
Qualitative Inquiry 19 (2), 127-128

  SA28
  Long C. (2012) Mathematical, cognitive and didactic elements of the multiplicative conceptual field investigated within a Rasch assessment and measurement framework,
Durham University School of Education Research Seminar, 9th July 2012.
Presentation: http://www.dur.ac.uk/resources/education/research/Durhamseminar9thJulyforprintingpurposes.pptx     [last accessed: 19 July 2012].

  SA29
  Sibanda, L., Case, J. and von Blottnitz, H. (2011) Sustainable development as a threshold concept in engineering education,
Proceedings of the First Biennial Conference of the South African Society for Engineering Education, 10-12 August 2011, Stellenbosch, South Africa, pp 206-212:
http://www.sasee.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Proceedings-of-the-1st-Biennial-SASEE-Conference.pdf   (last accessed 14 February 2012)

  SA30
  Long, C., Wendt, H. and Dunne, T.(2011) Applying Rasch measurement in mathematics education research: steps towards a triangulated investigation into proficiency in the multiplicative conceptual field,
Educational Research and Evaluation: An International Journal on Theory and Practice, 17 (5), 387-407.

  SA31
  Behari-Leak, K. and Williams, S. (2011) Crossing the Threshold from Discipline Expert to Discipline Practitioner,
Alternation 18 (1), 4-27:
http://alternation.ukzn.ac.za/docs/Alternation%2018.1%20%282011%29.pdf#page=8     [last accessed 11 February 2012]

  SA32
  Long C. (2009) From Whole Number to Real Number: Applying Rasch Measurement to Investigate Threshold Concepts,
Pythagoras, 70, 32-34.
http://pythagoras.org.za/index.php/pythagoras/article/view/37/28   [last accessed 18 November 2011].

  SA33
  Anderson, T. R. and Rogan, J. M. (2011) Curriculum Develeopment, Part 1: Components of the Curriculum and Influences on the Process of Curriculum Design,
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 39 (1), 68-76.

  SA34
  Dunne, T. (2011) Road Maps for Learning: A Bird’s Eye View,
Measurement, 9 (2-3), 134-137.

  SA35
  Blackie, M.A.L., Case, J.M. and Jawitz, J. (2010) Student-centredness: the link between transforming students and transforming ourselves,
Teaching in Higher Education, 15 (6), 637-646.

  SA36
  Dunne, T., Low, T. and Ardington, C. (2003) Exploring Threshold concepts in basic Statistics, using the Internet,
The International Association for Statistical Education, Statistics & the Internet, Berlin, Germany, 2003, (IASE/ISI Satellite, 2003)
[http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~iase/publications/6/Dunne.pdf   last accessed 22 July 2009]





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