Relations Among Children's Use of Dialect and Literacy Skills: A Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The current meta-analysis examines recent empirical research studies that have investigated relations among dialect use and the development and achievement of reading, spelling, and writing skills.

Method

Studies published between 1998 and 2014 were selected if they: (a) included participants who were in Grades K-6 and were typically developing native English speakers, (b) examined a concurrent quantitative relationship between dialect use and literacy, including reading, spelling, or writing measures, and (c) contained sufficient information to calculate effect size estimates.

Results

Upon the removal of one study that was found to be an outlier, the full sample included 19 studies consisting of 1,947 participants, of which the majority (70%) were African Ame

SUBMITTER: Gatlin B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4765162 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature