Survey on Cairene primary school teachers’ knowledge and attitude about stuttering

The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology

Table 10 Correlation between reaction of teacher’s items when talking with stutter students and teaching a student who stutters

If teachers were talking to a stutterer they would …	Teaching a student who stutter
If teachers were talking to a stutterer they would …	Correlation of coefficient (r)	P
Talking as if the stutterer was talking normally	0.4	.000**
Make a joke about stuttering	− 0.9	.000**
Help the stutter with words he/she stutters	0.9	.000**
Stop him/her from completing the utterance when he/she stutters	− 0.7	.000**
Feel relaxed (not tense) when talking with him/her	0.86	.000**
Tell the student to slow down the rate of speech	0.5	.000**
Tell the student to think before he/she speaks	0.46	.000**
Give the student time to finish the utterance without my help	0.66	.000**
Tell the stutter to take a deep breath before talking	0.4	.000**

r, Pearson’s correlation, P* < 0.05 (significant), P** < 0.001 (highly significant)