ERIC Number: ED131168
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1976-Sep
Pages: 31
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The Listener's Ability to Report Oral Responses of Black and White Children.
Gerken, Kathryn Clark; Deichmann, John W.
This study investigated the relationship of dialect and race of five and six-year old boys to a listener's ability to report the oral response of boys to ten vocabulary items from the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC). A group of 20 black and 20 white college students viewed videotapes of eight first grade boys who represented four dialect groups: black standard, black nonstandard, white standard, and white nonstandard. Analysis of three 2 x 2 x 2 ANOVAS revealed significant interactions between race and dialect of child relative to (1) a listener's ability to report in writing a child's verbatim responses without producing a change in the WISC scoring of the responses, and (2) a listener's ability to restate in writing a child's responses without producing a change in the scoring of the responses. Further, both dialect and race of child were found to be significantly related to another factor (3) , the total number of errors the listener makes in writing the child's responses. The race of the listener as a main effect was not found to be significantly related to (1), (2), or (3). However, significant interaction did occur between race of listener and race of child; and race of listener, race of child, and dialect of child relative to (3). (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Black Dialects, College Students, Communication Problems, Intelligence Tests, Language Patterns, Listening Comprehension, North American English, Oral English, Psychological Studies, Racial Factors, Speech Communication, Standard Spoken Usage, Testing Problems, Verbal Communication
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children
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