You need to submit a summary/critique (as usual). However, to one page and you can focus on only one of the two reading if you choose to do so.
The readings required for this assignment are:
Valadez, J. R. (2002). The Influence of Social Capital on Mathematics Course Selection by Latino High School Students. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 24, 319-339. REQUIRED
Morrow, V. (1999). Conceptualising social capital in relation to the well-being of children and young people: a critical review. The Sociological Review, 744-765.REQUIRED
Things to Consider:
1. Do the authors make clear why the topic is important?
2. Do the authors present relevant theoretical framing for the topic or study?
3. What are the central arguments regarding the relation of this “experience” to child development/adaptive functioning?
a. identify pertinent theories (how convincing are they?)
b. identify presumed mechanisms connecting experience / practice to development. (how plausible do they seem?)
4. What evidence is there to support these hypothesized relations? How consistent are findings? How persuasive is the evidence?
5. To what extent to relations vary by:
a. age
b. gender
c. SES
d. Culture
e. family configuration
f. geography
g. other environmental factors
h. other child characteristics
6. Is the sample used in the study limited in significant ways (i.e., in ways the limit how generalizable the findings are to other populations?
7. How strong were the measures of home experience? To what extent may the findings reflect differences in measures used across studies or measurement deficiencies?
8. What were the greatest surprises in the findings?
9. What were the greatest disappointments in the manuscripts reviewed?
10. How confident do you feel regarding the knowledge currently available on the topic? What are the key disagreements? What are the key gaps in knowledge?
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