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International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences

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ISSN: 2222-6990

A Systematic Review: The Effect of Culturally Responsive Pedagogy on Student Learning and Achievement

Yong Li Wah, Nurfaradilla Binti Mohamad Nasri

http://dx.doi.org/10.6007/IJARBSS/v9-i5/5907

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"Culturally Responsive Pedagogy" has gained increasing attention over the last two decades as a way to improve academic achievement. There are numerous studies related to this pedagogy have been conducted for various purposes. Hence, a systematic survey is conducted to gather evidence from the latest research on its impact on student learning and academic achievement through the ERIC and google scholar databases. This study is conducted to examine the effect of “Culturally Responsive Pedagogy” on students’ learning where there are six articles were finally selected which meet the study’ goals based on the PRISMA protocol. The findings show that this pedagogy has a positive impact in improving the involvement of students on their learning and academic achievement. Moreover, in order to strengthen the implementation of this pedagogy in learning, it is certain that reinforcement should be given to research that describes the practice and its implementation in the classroom as well as its effect on the students.

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In-Text Citation: (Wah & Nasri, 2019)
To Cite this Article: Wah, Y. L., & Nasri, N. B. M. (2019). A Systematic Review: The Effect of Culturally Responsive Pedagogy on Student Learning and Achievement. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 9(5), 588–596.