Brandy Gatlin|Jeanne Wanzek
Relations Among Children's Use of Dialect and Literacy Skills: A Meta-Analysis
Florida State University|Florida State University
current metaanalysis examines recent empirical research studies investigated relations among dialect use development achievement reading spelling writing skillsstudies published 1998 2014 selected included participants grades k6 typically developing native english speakers b examined concurrent quantitative relationship dialect use literacy including reading spelling writing measures c contained sufficient information calculate effect size estimatesupon removal one study found outlier full sample included 19 studies consisting 1947 participants majority 70 african american results showed negative moderate relationship dialect use overall literacy performance effect size 033 dialect reading effect size 032 spelling writing relationship negative small effect size 022 moderator analyses revealed socioeconomic status grade level significant predictors relations among dialect use literacy skillsimplications practice future research including analyzing dialect use variety contexts examining relations literacy outcomes discussed