Peter, MiraHarlow, AnnBalsom, TobyScott, Jonathan B.Round, W. Howell2019-02-2520132019-02-252013Peter, M., Harlow, A., Balsom, T., Scott, J. B., & Round, W. H. (2013). On the threshold: Affordances of online tutorials in the learning of threshold concepts. Presented at the XVII International Conference on Perception and Action, Estoril, Portugal.https://hdl.handle.net/10289/12370According to threshold concept theory, in each academic discipline there exist concepts that once grasped allow new and previously inaccessible ways of perceiving and thinking about the subject to emerge [1]. Acquiring a threshold concept (TC) often resembles a phase transition as observed in other psychological perception-action dynamical systems [2]. Previous studies of student learning in introductory electronics have revealed areas where students get stuck [3]. In the present study we investigated the impact of multimodal, online tutorials on learning TCs.application/pdfapplication/pdfenConference Contribution