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. The now well-known “Ann Arbor decision” (Martin Luther King Junior Elementary School Children et al. v. Ann Arbor School District, 1979) found that a school district must consider a student’s linguistic and cultural background in instructional programming, but research on dialect use was limited at the time of the decision.
Evidence
- Number of meta-analyses: 1
- Number of studies: 19
- Number of students: 1,947
- Number of effects: 19
- Effect size: -0.29
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 | |||||
Confidence
The Confidence is the average of these four measures, each divided into five approximately equal groups and assigned a value from 1 to 5 based on the following criteria:
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Number of Meta-analyses
- 1 = 1
- 2 = 2–3
- 3 = 4–6
- 4 = 7–9
- 5 = 10+
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Number of Studies
- 1 = 1–10
- 2 = 11–50
- 3 = 51–200
- 4 = 201–400
- 5 = 400+
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Number of Students
- 1 = 1–2,500
- 2 = 2,501–10,000
- 3 = 10,000–20,000
- 4 = 20,000–100,000
- 5 = 100,001+
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Number of Effects
- 1 = 1–100
- 2 = 101–300
- 3 = 301–600
- 4 = 601–1,200
- 5 = 1,200+
| Number of Meta-Analyses | Number of Studies | Number of Students | Number of Effects | Overall Confidence | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Confidence Factor | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |