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Palmer, Lance, et al. "IMPROVING FINANCIAL AWARENESS AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS: ASSESSMENT OF A FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PROJECT." College Student Journal 44.3 (2010): 659-676. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 18 Nov. 2010. The article served as a study that was done on college students. It was an intervention that mainly forced college students to track just how they spent their money. The purpose of the experiment was to bring awareness to the students at the end to show them what possible mistakes, or poor expenditures they had made. The study showed that when students tracked how they spent their money, they universally increased their spending knowledge, and made very few careless purchases. When these students actually tracked how they spent their money the study showed that they realized the values that their parents and guardians had taught them.

Sutcliffe, Paul A., et al. "Effect of Attentional State on Frequency Discrimination: A Comparison of Children With ADHD On and Off Medication." Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research 49.5 (2006): 1072-1084. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 8 Nov. 2010. This is journal article examines the difference between children with ADHD on and off medication. The researchers ran a test that judged the children's auditory awareness. The researchers tested both kids with ADHD and kids without ADHD. The results showed that children with ADHD performed much worse without the stimulant medication than the children without ADHD. This shows that auditory awareness can directly be influenced by the attention status of children who have ADHD.

Korinth, Anne, Sonja Schiess, and Joachim Westenhoefer. "Eating behaviour and eating disorders in students of nutrition sciences." Public Health Nutrition 13.1 (2010): 32-37. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 15 Nov. 2010. This article talks about how some students who study nutrition are more likely to develop eating disorders. People can not decide whether or not the students are making better nutritional decisions or not. It comes to the conclusion that students who know more about health and nutrition are more likely to develop these disorders because they are more aware of their intake. Therefore, there is no specific type of student which is affected by nutrition and health.

Rose, Shirley. Developing Literacy/Developing Gender: Constructing College Freshmen. 1991. ERIC. EBSCO. Web. 22 Nov. 2010.\n\nThis article is more of a research reflection. It is three teachers' views on English and Literacy. They discovered that gender is a problem in literacy and that it cannot be ignored. Teachers tend to read their students papers in reflection of their own gender. The three teachers discovered this fact by reviewing a number of papers and answering three review questions provided for each. The results provide awareness for readers in hopes to reverse this trend\n\n

this site has lots of articles from many different sources that deal with underage drinking and substance abuse issues. the site is a government site that warns the public of the dangers behind underage drinking. the goal of the site is to raise awareness on the issue that affects our country. Campaign:, By 10. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration - Homepage. Web. 10 Dec. 2010. .

Briggs, Marilyn; Fleischhacker, Sheila; Mueller, Constance G. " Position of the Comprehensive School Nutrition Services." Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior 42. 6 (2010): 360-371. OhioLink. Web. 15 Nov. 2010. This article explains how the ADA, SNA and SNE incorporated nutrition into schools. They are the ones who incorporated some health into our everyday teachings at school. These three groups have been advertising for a long time about what is necessary in order to stay healthy and be aware of your health.

Benard, Tara Siegel. "Working Financial Literacy in with the Three R's." The New York Times. The New York Times, 9 Apr. 2010. Web. 3 Nov. 2010. This article discuses the importance of having a financial background. There is a lot of discussion about having mandatory class at the high school level, which will help students with their finances. It will also help students become more aware of what it involved in creating a budget. There is a lot of discussion on how personal finance should be taught.

Steinbach, Paul. "Food for Thought: Nutrition Education Lacking among College Athletes." Athletic Business - the Leading Resource for Athletic, Fitness and Recreation Professionals. Apr. 2010. Web. 18 Nov. 2010. .

Higgs, Colin. "Physical Literacy -- Two Approaches, One Concept." Physical & Health Education Journal 76.1 (2010): 6-7. SPORTDiscus with Full Text. EBSCO. Web. 18 Nov. 2010. Physical literacy is also very important in other aspects. The author of this article looks at physical literacy both academically and practically. It gives the definition of physical literacy as well. Physical literacy is important for students to be knowledgeable about physical education and activity. Physical activity becomes safer and more fun with the proper knowledge and awareness.

Dahlstrom, Kendra. "How to Help the Elderly Become Comfortable With Computers." eHow. 1999-2010. Web. 22 November 2010. http://www.ehow.com/how_2362466_help-elderly-become-comfortable-computers.html This article is basically a step by step guide to help the elderly adapt to the new technology of computers. It starts with an introduction about why we need to help the elderly, and how much of a blessing a computer would be for some elderly people. After this introduction it moves into the steps of how to slowly integrate the senior citizen to their knew computer. It is a five step process that will improve a senior citizens life, and make them fluent with their computer.

Pheonix House."Facts On Tap." factsontap.org. MetLife Foundation, n.d. Web. 22 Nov. 2010 This article provides a number of "sobering statistics" that show the negative outcomes of drinking. Drinking myths and peer pressure are both explained and discussed. The amount of money a college students spends on alcohol is also shown. This is an informational and awareness website for college students and their parents.

Landt, Susan M. "Multicultural literature and young adolescents: A kaleidoscope of opportunity." Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy 49.8 (2006): 690-697. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 17 Nov. 2010. In this article, Susan Landt focuses on the importance of integrating multicultural literature into studies, especially at the adolescent level. Introducing multicultural literature into the classroom is necessary in providing a wider view that opens students to insights of other cultures. Landt claims that if multicultural literature were an integrated part of education teachers wouldn't be struggling to incorporate diversity and multicultural education in their classes. Several important reasons for this assimilation is to acknowledge the many cultures and their contributions to the world. It also helps to bring children into contact with other cultures and helps them to develop awareness at an early age, which will encourage respect for all peoples.

Murphy, Angela J. "Money, Money, Money: An Exploratory Study on the Financial Literacy of Black College Students." College Student Journal 39.3 (2005): 478-488. EBSCO. Web. 22 Nov. 2010. This article explores financial literacy through race, gender and age. For most people their financial literacy improves as they become older. There are an abundant amount of statistics in this piece. In order to raise awareness of financial literacy college professors have begun developing classes to teach students how to become financially independent.

Dunn, Debra, Lori W. Turner, and George Denny. "Nutrition Knowledge and Attitudes of College Athletes." Sport Journal 10.4 (2007): 45-52. SPORTDiscus with Full Text. EBSCO. Web. 17 Nov. 2010. This article is about research that studied the nutritional knowledge of college athletes. Despite popular belief that college athletes are well aware of nutrition, this research indicates that the nutritional knowledge of college athletes is minimal. The research was conducted on student athletes at Southern university. The student athletes were tested on of current dietary recommendations, sources of nutrients, healthy food choices, and the relationship between diet and disease processes. The research showed that majority of athletes at Southern university had healthy attitudes about eating behaviors, however had little knowledge.