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Crane, Lauren Shapiro; Fernald, Anne – Discourse Processes: A multidisciplinary journal, 2017
This study investigated whether European American and Japanese mothers' speech to preschoolers contained exchange- and alignment-oriented structures that reflect and possibly support culture-specific models of self-other relatedness. In each country 12 mothers were observed in free play with their 3-year-olds. Maternal speech was coded for…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Asians, North Americans, Cross Cultural Studies
Anderson, Bodi O. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Current theoretical models of distance learning are driven by two impetuses: a technical CMC element, and a pedagogical foundation rooted strongly in the Western world, and driven by social constructivism. By and large these models have been exported throughout the world as-is. However, previous research has hinted at potential problems with these…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Mixed Methods Research, Teaching Methods, Constructivism (Learning)