Is the Drawing of Free Body Diagrams a Threshold Concept?

Imad Abou-Hayt; Bettina Dahl

Is the Drawing of Free Body Diagrams a Threshold Concept?

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Abstract

This extended abstract is the starting point of ongoing empirical research, which aims at challenging the claim that the concept of a Free Body Diagram (FBD) in engineering mechanics is a threshold one. In the abstract, we first discuss the notion of threshold concepts, including making references to literature claiming that FBD is a threshold concept. We critically discuss this literature. As a first step in discussing if FBD is indeed a threshold concept, we perform a test to students after following a course teaching the students FBD, among other things. We did not yet succeed in verifying that drawing FBDs is a threshold concept.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Transforming Engineering Education
Editors	A. Guerra, J. Chen, R. Lavi, L. B. Bertel, E. Lindsay
Number of pages	7
Publisher	Aalborg Universitetsforlag
Publication date	2023
Edition	OA
Pages	160-166
ISBN (Electronic)	978-87-7573-023-0
Publication status	Published - 2023
Event	9th International Research Symposium on Problem-Based Learning (IRSPBL): Transforming Engineering Education 2023 - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States Duration: 21 Jun 2023 → 23 Jun 2023 Conference number: 9 https://www.tee2023.mit.edu/

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Conference	9th International Research Symposium on Problem-Based Learning (IRSPBL)
Number	9
Location	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Country/Territory	United States
City	Cambridge
Period	21/06/2023 → 23/06/2023
Internet address	https://www.tee2023.mit.edu/

Series	International Research Symposium on PBL
ISSN	2446-3833

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Abou-Hayt, I & Dahl, B 2023, Is the Drawing of Free Body Diagrams a Threshold Concept? in A Guerra, J Chen, R Lavi, LB Bertel & E Lindsay (eds), Transforming Engineering Education. OA edn, Aalborg Universitetsforlag, International Research Symposium on PBL, pp. 160-166, 9th International Research Symposium on Problem-Based Learning (IRSPBL), Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, 21/06/2023.

Is the Drawing of Free Body Diagrams a Threshold Concept? / Abou-Hayt, Imad ; Dahl, Bettina.
Transforming Engineering Education. ed. / A. Guerra; J. Chen; R. Lavi; L. B. Bertel; E. Lindsay. OA. ed. Aalborg Universitetsforlag, 2023. p. 160-166 (International Research Symposium on PBL).

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