List of Publications
Publications by members of the project team, including Papers.
Conference Presentations
Taylor, C.E. & Ross, P.M. (2010). Threshold concepts, curriculum and standards. Invited presentation at the Australian Council of Deans of Science Associate Deans Learning and Teaching Annual Conference, July & November 2010, Sydney.
Taylor, C.E., Tzioumis, V., Ross, P.M., Whitaker, N., Lutze-Mann, L. & Hughes, C. (2010). Thinking and practising like a scientist: what are the critical features of an understanding of the concept of hypothesis testing? Paper presentation at the 3rd PRHE Conference, October 2010, Liverpool: U.K.
Taylor, C.E., Ross, P., Whitaker, N. Lutze-Mann, L., Hughes, C. & Tzioumis, V. (2010). Can we use a threshold concepts model to effect curriculum change in undergraduate biology? Paper presentation at the ISSOTL Conference, October 2010, Liverpool: U.K.
Ross, P.M., Taylor, C.E., Hughes, C., Whitaker, N., Lutze-Mann, L.H. & Tzioumis, V. (2010). Threshold concepts: challenging the way we think, teach and learn in biology and science. Paper presentation at the National UniServe Science Conference: Creating ACTIVE minds in our Science and Mathematics students. 29 September - 1 October 2010, The University of Sydney.
Ross, P., Parker, P., Taylor, C.E., Whitaker, N., Lutze-Mann, L., Hughes, C. & Tzioumis, V. (2010). Using threshold concepts to enhance curriculum renewal in the Biological Sciences. Paper presentation at the HERDSA Conference, July 2010, Melbourne.
Ross, P.M., Parker, P., Taylor, C.E., Tzioumis, V., Whitaker, N., Lutze-Mann, L. & Hughes, C. (2010). Crossing the threshold - language and identity in learning concepts in biology. Paper presentation at the 3rd Threshold Concepts Symposium, July 2010, Sydney.
Taylor, C.E., Ross, P., Whitaker, N., Lutze-Mann, L., Hughes, C. & Tzioumis, V. (2010). Using a threshold concepts framework to develop a community of practice and effect curriculum change in undergraduate biology programs. Paper presentation at the 3rd Threshold Concepts Symposium, July 2010, Sydney.
Taylor, C.E., Ross, P., Whitaker, N., Lutze-Mann, L., Hughes, C. & Tzioumis, V. (2010). Scale: an epistemological exploration of a threshold concept in biology. Paper presentation at the 3rd Threshold Concepts Symposium, July 2010, Sydney.
Whitaker, N., Lutze-Mann, L., Hughes, C., Ross, P.M., Taylor, C.E. & Tzioumis, V. (2009). How do biology students conceptualise scale in studying cell biology? Poster presentation at the COMBIO Conference, December 2009, Wellington, N.Z.
Whitaker, N., Lutze-Mann, L., Galea, A., Ross, P.M., Taylor, C.E., Hughes, C. & Tzioumis, V. (2009). Do interventions using threshold concepts assist learning in Biology? Presentation at the UNSW Connections Workshop, November 2009, Sydney.
Hughes, C., Whitaker, N., Lutze-Mann, L., Taylor, C.E., Ross, P. & Tzioumis, V. (2009) Using threshold concepts to generate a new understanding of teaching and learning biology: an ALTC project. Poster presentation at the UNSW Learning and Teaching Forum, October 2009, Sydney.
Lutze-Mann, L.H., Whitaker, N., Ross, P.M., Taylor, C.E., Hughes, C. & Tzioumis, V. (2009). Do interventions using threshold concepts assist learning in Biology? Paper presentation at the National UniServe Science Conference: Motivating science undergraduates: Ideas and Interventions. 30 September - 2 October 2009, The University of Sydney.
Ross, P.M., Taylor, C.E., Lutze-Mann, L.H., Whitaker, N., Hughes, C. & Tzioumis, V. (2009). Threshold Concepts in Learning Biology. Paper presentation at the European Association of Research into Learning and Instruction International Conference, August 2009, Amsterdam.
Taylor, C.E. & Meyer, J.H.F. (2008). The learning context for hypothesis testing - where do students have problems? Paper presentation at the Ecological Society of Australia Conference, December 2008, Sydney.
Ross, P.M. (2008). Representation and Learning in Biology. Uniserve Science Symposium Proceedings - Visualisation and Concept Development. University of Sydney, October 2-3, 2008, Sydney.
Taylor, C.E., Ross, P.M., Whitaker, N., Kofod, M., Lutze-Mann, L., Tzioumis, V. & Hughes, C. (2008). Threshold concepts in biology. Poster presentation at the UniServe Science Conference, October 2-3, 2008, Sydney.
Taylor, C.E. & Meyer, J.H.F. (2008). The testable hypothesis as a threshold concept in biology. Paper presentation at the 2nd International Threshold Concepts Conference, July 2008, Kingston: Canada.
Ross, P.M., Taylor, C.E., Whitaker, N., Kofod, M., Lutze-Mann, L. & Hughes, C. (2008). Using thresholds concepts to generate a new understanding of teaching and learning biology. Paper presentation at the 2nd International Threshold Concepts Conference, July 2008, Kingston: Canada.
Taylor, C.E. (2008) BioAssess - a national online resource for enhancing assessment practices in the biological sciences and Using Threshold Concepts to generate a new understanding of teaching and learning biology. Invited presentation at the Australian Council of Deans of Science Associate Deans Learning and Teaching Annual Conference, 6 June 2008.
Ross, P.M. & Tronson, D.A. (2007). Intervening to create conceptual change. Proceedings of the Conference on Science Teaching and Learning Research including Threshold Concepts, UniServe Science, September 2007, Sydney.
Taylor, C.E. & Cope, C. (2007). Are there multiple thresholds in the concept of evolution, and can they be identified using dimensions of variation? Proceedings of the Symposium on Science Teaching and Learning Research including Threshold Concepts, UniServe Science, September 2007, Sydney.
Taylor, C., Whitaker, N., Hughes, C., Ross, P.M., Kofod, M. & Lutze-Mann, L. (2007). Using threshold concepts to generate a new understanding of teaching and learning in biology. Workshop presentation at the COMBIO Conference Education Workshop, September 2007, Sydney.
Taylor, C.E. (2007). Where is the threshold in understanding the concept of evolution? Poster presented at the EARLI Conference, August 2007, Budapest.
Taylor, C.E. (2006). Threshold Concepts and troublesome knowledge - can we tell the difference in biology. Presentation at the 1st International Symposium on Threshold Concepts, August 2006, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.