User:Gblakistone1/sandbox

Name: Grace Blakistone

Wikipedia Project Step 2

1) Editing an existing page: Cognitive advantages of bilingualism

2) The page on Wikipedia is heavily disputed and after reading it, I agree it leaves many assertions uncited and reliance on ungeneralizable research. It does not offer an objective, thorough explanation of many claims and several main studies cited are disputed by other users and have small sample sizes. I would like to contribute to this content because I feel it is an important topic of research with many studies with valid results. People might dismiss the page and its implications if so much of it is disputed. I would like to take a step towards fixing the potential Wiki view that cognitive benefits of bilingualism is “opinion”! I also think revising the research and language used in this page relates well to the information and critical thinking we have reviewed in this course.

3) The wikipedia page is riddled with errors and criticism which pops up immediately when you click on it. I would like to help clean up the specific problems mentioned (especially in the 2nd section). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_advantages_of_bilingualism#In_support_of_a_co nnection

4) I think revision of the studies mentioned and cleaning up subjective statements not backed up by citations is necessary for this page. It should include a more well-rounded description of valid research critical to the support of cognitive benefits, mentioning studies with bigger sample sizes, citing all studies mentioned with summaries, and maybe finding more valid, reliable studies with larger sample sizes.