Bottleneck

A bottleneck is a concept, task or line of thought where students frequently get stuck in their learning. Decoding the Disciplines investigates how experts are able to pass disciplinary bottlenecks. Identification of bottlenecks is the first step in the Decoding process.

Types of bottlenecks

Most of the literature on Decoding does distinguish the following types of bottlenecks:

• Cognitive bottleneck
• Emotional bottleneck

The history learning project at Indiana University distinguished the following bottlenecks in the context of History:

• Narrative bottleneck
• Procedural bottleneck
• Worldview bottleneck

However, there is no general typology of bottlenecks in Decoding.

See also

• List of bottlenecks described in this Wiki