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Chavajay, Pablo – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2006
This study investigated how two groups of Guatemalan Mayan mothers varying in schooling experience organized children's participation in a problem-solving discussion. Twenty-eight foursomes of mothers and three children (ages 6-12 years) were videotaped discussing how to solve the shortage of drinking water in their town. Mayan mothers with no or…
Descriptors: Water, Mothers, Maya (People), Children
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Maynard, Ashley E. – Cognitive Development, 2004
Culture can be thought of a set of shared practices, beliefs, and values that are transmitted across generations through language [Bruner, J. (1990). "Acts of meaning". Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press]. Teaching is one way that culture is transmitted, but forms of teaching vary across cultures and across activity settings within…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Maya (People), Siblings, Indigenous Populations