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Version 1.2 – Updated June 2023

Dialect use

Overview

  • Influence: Dialect use
  • Domain: Student
  • Sub-Domain: Physical influences
  • Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Likely to have a negative impact
  • Influence Definition: A student's use of a non-majority dialect.

Evidence

  • Number of meta-analyses: 1
  • Number of studies: 19
  • Number of students: 1,947
  • Number of effects: 19
  • Weighted mean effect size: -0.29
  • Robustness index: 1

Meta-Analyses

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
Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research Gatlin & Wanzek USA Relations Among Children's Use of Dialect and Literacy Skills: A Meta-Analysis 2015 Dialect use and literacy, reading, spelling & writing 19 1,947 19 -0.29
TOTAL/AVERAGE 19 1,947 19 -0.29
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