Primary school teachers' opinions regarding the sound based sentence method: A meta analysis study

Educational life is a vital process that directly affects an individual's future life. Primary literacy teaching forms the basis of this process. The methods used for primary literacy teaching in our country have changed from time to time according to the needs of the period. The current literacy method applied in our country is the sound-based sentence method. The appliers of this method are primary school teachers. Based on this, in the study, primary school teachers' opinions regarding the sound-based sentence method were examined using the meta-analysis method. A total of 75 studies on the subject were reached, and 20 studies that met the necessary criteria were included in the meta-analysis. RevMan 5.5 and Jamovi 2.2 statistical programs were used to perform data analysis in the research. "Funnel Plot" and "Egger's Regression Analysis" were used to detect the existence of publication bias in the studies included in the meta-analysis. Heterogeneity test was performed for the variables in the study and the appropriate model was selected according to the heterogeneity level that calculated for each study. According to the calculated effect size values, the value calculated for the gender variable in primary school teachers' opinions of the sound-based sentence method is in favor of male teachers, the value calculated for the seniority variable is in favor of teachers who have worked for 16 years or more, the value calculated for the type of school graduated variable is in favor of faculty of education or institute of education graduates, and the value calculated for the age variable was in favor of teachers between the ages of 22-39. The effect sizes obtained were found to be weak. Keywords: Primary school teacher, meta analysis, primary literacy, sound based sentence method