This descriptive study examined the relationship between low achievement in writing and teacher attitudes, both positive and negative, toward nonstandard language use. The study also examined teacher attitude toward strategies to improve those skills. Finally, this study compared the methods selected to teach Black-dialect speakers with those selected to teach whites.
Participants in this study were language arts teachers in four rural Southwest Georgia counties. The data gathering Instrument was a Likert-scale questionnaire. Comparisons were made based on participants' years experience and level of training. The results indicated that these teachers were positive concerning the Black-dialect speakers' ability to write effectively. Likewise, these teachers supported the view that writing Improvement can be achieved with the same methods as those used with white students.
","abstract_html":"<p>This descriptive study examined the relationship between low achievement in writing and teacher attitudes, both positive and negative, toward nonstandard language use. The study also examined teacher attitude toward strategies to improve those skills. Finally, this study compared the methods selected to teach Black-dialect speakers with those selected to teach whites.</p> <p>Participants in this study were language arts teachers in four rural Southwest Georgia counties. The data gathering Instrument was a Likert-scale questionnaire. Comparisons were made based on participants' years experience and level of training. The results indicated that these teachers were positive concerning the Black-dialect speakers' ability to write effectively. Likewise, these teachers supported the view that writing Improvement can be achieved with the same methods as those used with white students.</p>","abstract_has_math":false,"creators":["Holmes-Williams, Julia"],"institution":null,"degree_name":"Specialist in Education","degree_level":"Thesis","degree_discipline":"Teacher Education","degree_department":null,"school":null,"contributors":["Dr. James Brewbaker","Dr. Harold L. Whitman","James H. Chappel"],"advisors":[],"committee_chairs":[],"committee_members":[],"year":1991,"date_issued":"1991-01-01T08:00:00Z","date_published":"1991-01-01T08:00:00Z","updated_at":"2026-07-24T01:45:25Z","subjects":["Low Achievement","Writing","Teacher Attitudes","Southwest Georgia","Black-Dialect","English","Curriculum and Social Inquiry","Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research","Language and Literacy Education"],"languages":["English"],"rights":[],"rights_urls":[],"identifier_entries":[]},"links":{"outbound_url":"https://csuepress.columbusstate.edu/theses_dissertations/661","outbound_label":"Repository record","outbound_source":"dc:identifier"},"metadata_groups":[{"id":"people","label":"People","entries":[{"key":"dc:contributor","label":"Contributor","values":["Dr. James Brewbaker","Dr. Harold L. Whitman","James H. Chappel"]},{"key":"dc:creator","label":"Author","values":["Holmes-Williams, Julia"]}]},{"id":"academic_context","label":"Academic Context","entries":[{"key":"thesis:degree_discipline","label":"Discipline","values":["Teacher Education"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_level","label":"Degree Level","values":["Thesis"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_name","label":"Degree Name","values":["Specialist in Education"]}]},{"id":"subjects_keywords","label":"Subjects and Keywords","entries":[{"key":"dc:subject","label":"Dc Subject","values":["Low Achievement","Writing","Teacher Attitudes","Southwest Georgia","Black-Dialect","English","Curriculum and Social Inquiry","Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research","Language and Literacy Education"]}]},{"id":"language_rights","label":"Language and Rights","entries":[{"key":"dc:language","label":"Dc Language","values":["English"]}]},{"id":"identifiers","label":"Identifiers","entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier","label":"Identifier","values":["https://csuepress.columbusstate.edu/theses_dissertations/661"]}]},{"id":"additional","label":"Additional Metadata","entries":[{"key":"dc:description.abstract","label":"Abstract","values":["This descriptive study examined the relationship between low achievement in writing and teacher attitudes, both positive and negative, toward nonstandard language use. The study also examined teacher attitude toward strategies to improve those skills. Finally, this study compared the methods selected to teach Black-dialect speakers with those selected to teach whites.
Participants in this study were language arts teachers in four rural Southwest Georgia counties. The data gathering Instrument was a Likert-scale questionnaire. Comparisons were made based on participants' years experience and level of training. The results indicated that these teachers were positive concerning the Black-dialect speakers' ability to write effectively. Likewise, these teachers supported the view that writing Improvement can be achieved with the same methods as those used with white students.
"]},{"key":"dc:title","label":"Title","values":["Teacher Attitude and Teaching the Black Dialect Student to Write Using Standard English"]}]}],"canonical_facts":{"dc:contributor":["Dr. James Brewbaker","Dr. Harold L. Whitman","James H. Chappel"],"dc:creator":["Holmes-Williams, Julia"],"dc:description.abstract":["This descriptive study examined the relationship between low achievement in writing and teacher attitudes, both positive and negative, toward nonstandard language use. The study also examined teacher attitude toward strategies to improve those skills. Finally, this study compared the methods selected to teach Black-dialect speakers with those selected to teach whites.
Participants in this study were language arts teachers in four rural Southwest Georgia counties. The data gathering Instrument was a Likert-scale questionnaire. Comparisons were made based on participants' years experience and level of training. The results indicated that these teachers were positive concerning the Black-dialect speakers' ability to write effectively. Likewise, these teachers supported the view that writing Improvement can be achieved with the same methods as those used with white students.
"],"dc:identifier":["https://csuepress.columbusstate.edu/theses_dissertations/661"],"dc:language":["English"],"dc:subject":["Low Achievement","Writing","Teacher Attitudes","Southwest Georgia","Black-Dialect","English","Curriculum and Social Inquiry","Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research","Language and Literacy Education"],"dc:title":["Teacher Attitude and Teaching the Black Dialect Student to Write Using Standard English"],"thesis:degree_discipline":["Teacher Education"],"thesis:degree_level":["Thesis"],"thesis:degree_name":["Specialist in Education"]},"updated_at":"2026-07-24T01:45:25Z"}