Assisted performance and the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD); A potential framework for providing surgical education

Australian Journal of Educational and Developmental Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 48-58

  Dunphy, Bruce C ^a,b   Dunphy, Stacey L ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

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EID: 3042602318     PISSN: 14465442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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