Cross-laterality
Overview
- Influence: Cross-laterality
- Domain: Student
- Sub-Domain: Prior knowledge and background
- Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Likely to have a negative impact
- Influence Definition: This occurs when a person's hand, eye, foot, or ear dominances are not consistently right- or left-sided. This phenomenon is known as cross-laterality or ambidextrous.
Evidence
- Number of meta-analyses: 1
- Number of studies: 26
- Number of students: 3,578
- Number of effects: 26
- Weighted mean effect size: -0.03
- Robustness index: 1
Meta-Analyses
| Journal Title | Author | First Author's Country | Article Name | Year Published | Variable | Number of Studies | Number of Students | Number of Effects | Effect Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plos One | Ferrero, West, & Vadillo | USA | Is Crossed Literality Associated with Academic Achievement and Intelligence? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis | 2017 | Laterality preference and achievement | 26 | 3,578 | 26 | -0.03 |
| TOTAL/AVERAGE | 26 | 3,578 | 26 | -0.03 | |||||