Enhancing student performance in the Australian Mathematics Competition : a heuristic-based intervention technique using Vygotsky's 'Zone of proximal development' principle

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Enhancing student performance in the Australian Mathematics Competition : a heuristic-based intervention technique using Vygotsky's 'Zone of proximal development' principle

The purpose of this study was to attempt to enhance performance in the Australian Mathematics Competition of a group of Western Australian Year 9 students, to a level beyond that which they might have been expected to attain, through the use of a heuristic-based intervention technique using Vygotsky...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Ireland, Dennis V.
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	Curtin University 1985
Subjects:	Vygotsky's zone of proximal development principle Australian Mathematics Competition student performance
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2466

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