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Vavrus, Frances – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2015
This article explores the concept of "cleverness" as it is employed by Tanzanian youth to improve their likelihood of succeeding in school. It analyzes the Swahili term "ujanja," which combines cleverness, opportunism, and deception, while it also illustrates an educational anthropologist's ongoing process of familiarization…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Improvement, Success, Longitudinal Studies
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Rountree, Janet; Robins, Anthony; Rountree, Nathan – Computer Science Education, 2013
We propose an expanded definition of Threshold Concepts (TCs) that requires the successful acquisition and internalisation not only of knowledge, but also its practical elaboration in the domains of applied strategies and mental models. This richer definition allows us to clarify the relationship between TCs and Fundamental Ideas, and to account…
Descriptors: Fundamental Concepts, Concept Formation, Computer Science Education, Undergraduate Students
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Dorward, James T.; Marshall, Jill A. – Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, 1997
Investigates the effect of the presentation of brief biographical materials on women scientists on student knowledge of women scientists and on student perceptions of scientists. Contains 29 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Biographies, Concept Formation, Course Content, Engineering