Five-point research agenda for future studies of oral communicative competence and sociometric status¶

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Evidence · 1 claim (1 for) · 1 study (1 review), q2 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 1 claim rests on one study

Description¶

The review closes with five recommendations for future research: combine multiple methods (mixed methods) given the construct's complexity; conduct studies in non-western countries to examine cross-cultural differences; include larger samples, since most prior work was small-scale and exploratory; adopt longitudinal and experimental designs to establish the direction of the relation; and take the interactional context, gender, and age into account as factors that might influence the relation.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Future studies should address the methodological gaps the review identifies in the 25 included studies

Constraints¶

• None of the reviewed studies met criteria for demonstrating causality (large samples, experiments of minimal 12-week duration, random assignment, control of pre-test differences)

Target Learners¶

• children aged 1 to 12 years in mainstream educational settings

Target Learning Goals¶

• understanding how oral communicative competence relates to peer acceptance and rejection

Claims¶

• Oral communicative competence relates to peer acceptance only for boys and not to peer rejection, indicating gender as a moderator [+W]

Related Strategies¶

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Femke van der Wilt, Chiel van der Veen, Claudia van Kruistum, Bert van Oers (2019). Why Do Children Become Rejected by Their Peers? A Review of Studies into the Relationship Between Oral Communicative Competence and Sociometric Status in Childhood. Educational Psychology Review (2019) 31:699–724. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-019-09479-z