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Technology-Based Participatory Learning for Indigenous Children in Chiapas Schools, Mexico
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Heredia, Yolanda; Icaza, Jose I. – Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice, 2012
This research created a technology-based learning environment at two schools belonging to the National Council of Educational Development (CONAFE) for indigenous children in the state of Chiapas, Mexico. The purpose of the study was to describe the educational impact of using the Classmate PC netbooks and the Sugar Educational Platform in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Environment, Program Effectiveness, Learning Activities
Organizational Patterns in Problem Solving Among Mayan Fathers and Children
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Chavajay, Pablo – Developmental Psychology, 2008
This study examined the social organization of Guatemalan Mayan fathers' engagement with school-age children in a group problem-solving task. Twenty-nine groups of Mayan fathers varying in extent of Western schooling and 3 related school-age children (ages 6-12 years) constructed a puzzle together. Groups with fathers with 0 to 3 grades more often…
Descriptors: Maya (People), Problem Solving, Racial Differences, Social Organizations
The Additional Uses of CALL in the Endangered Language Context
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Ward, Monica – ReCALL, 2004
This paper considers the additional uses of CALL in the Endangered Language (EL) context. It briefly reviews ELs and reports on CALL for ELs in general. It then reviews the extra uses of CALL for ELs; these include changing negative attitudes towards the language, arousing interest in the language and contributing to language maintenance and…
Descriptors: Language Maintenance, Literacy Education, Negative Attitudes, Foreign Countries