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A 3 page review of a study of mother-child interactions among African American families in a large Southern city. There are several critical differences in the ways that mothers of varied cultures interact with their children. The study was small and cannot be generalized to a larger population, but it appears to be quite valid for Southern urban settings. The study probably is not a statistically valid one, but the authors approached data collection in a thoughtful and reasonable manner to identify the three broad themes they found. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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C. S. and Weiss, A. L. (2000, May). African American mothers views of their infants language development and language-learning environment. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 9, p.
126. Hammer and Weiss (2000) studied a small sample of urban African American mothers in the South to gain insight on the mothers
views of how their children learn language development and the mothers efforts to structure their childrens environments. The researchers studied mothers from low and middle socioeconomic groups to find
both similarities and differences between the groups. Literature Review The authors review research of several authors who studied and reported on language-related and
teaching activities that mothers undertake with their young children, noting that there are immense differences between the white Euro-centric culture within the US and other cultures outside the US.
Some of the other cultures the authors examined through literature were the Kaluli culture of Kenya and those of New Guinea and Samoa; the purpose was to highlight the differences
between those cultures and their approach to language learning and teaching among children. The reason for that purpose was to demonstrate the reasonableness
of expecting there to be great differences between cultures within the US as well. The authors use sources from the 1970s and 1980s, explaining that little has been done
in the area since a 1988 study called for more research in urban settings. Study Method This was a small study of 12
mother-child pairs in which all of the children were between 13 and 18 months of age and were developing normally. Six of the mothers were from low socioeconomic backgrounds;
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