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Corbett, Patrick. "What about the "Google Effect"? Improving the Library Research Habits of First-Year Composition Students." Teaching English in the Two-Year College 37.3 (2010): 265-277. ERIC. EBSCO. Web. 20 Nov. 2010. The article talks about how the students' research behavior affect the tradtional method of library research in first-year writing courses and then gives an alternate method using libbraries and internet search tools. They details the obligation that educators place on students to use the tools to find relevant information. They present a human-computer interaction study that offers a possible explanation as to the interaction of the students and their non-academic information searches.

Hayes, Elisabeth, and Jennifer Hopkins. "Gender and Literacy Learning: Implications for Research in Adult Literacy Education." (1996): ERIC. EBSCO. Web. 19 Nov. 2010. This article is also a research article about adult literacy. It touches base on gender roles as it applies to literacy. It establishes that the lack of focus on gender roles and literacy effects the success in that area of knowledge. It states that the development between women and men is different pertaining to literacy, menaing it is an unequal development. Lack of attention on this issue and resistence to accept this social role causes problems when learning about writing.

Harklau, Linda. "From High School to College: Student Perspectives on Literacy Practices." Journal of Literacy Research 33.1 (2001): 32-70. ERIC. EBSCO. Web. 18 Nov. 2010. This article discribes the transition from high school to college. More specifically it discusses the transition for the women. There was a study that followed women in theirlast months of high school into their first few months of college. This study recorded the effects and emotions of the women as they readjusted to the college life.\n

Temertzoglou, Ted. "Physical Literacy: Teach Them to Fish, Feed Them for Life." Physical & Health Education Journal 76.1 (2010): 36-39. SPORTDiscus with Full Text. EBSCO. Web. 10 Nov. 2010. Physical education teachers can use many different teaching methods to effectively inform students about physical literacy. It is explained in the article that quality physical education programs give the best opportunity to develop physically literate students. Students need to gain physical at a young age in order for them to exercise effectively and safely throughout their sporting careers.

Shore, Amy. "CONVERGENCE CITIZENS: THE NEW MEDIA LITERACY OF PRE-SCHOOL TELEVISION." Afterimage 37.2 (2009): 29-32. Academic Search Complete. Web. 22 Nov. 2010. . This article describes how media and television shows like Dora and Sesame Street effect the literacy in Pre-school age children.

Chambers, Karen L., and Susan M. Alexander. "MEDIA LITERACY AS AN EDUCATIONAL METHOD FOR ADDRESSING COLLEGE WOMEN'S BODY IMAGE ISSUES." Education 127.4 (2007): 490-497. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 22 Nov. 2010. Women are all exposed to images in the media of thin, perfect looking models and are almost always under pressure to look like them. As a result, some women develop an eating disorder to become thin like these models they see in the media. However, not all women do develop an eating disorder. This article discussed the possibility that this is because some women are taught to analyze these images and messages and so they are not as effected by them. Through this media literacy they can overcome what they are shown and they do not hurt themselves and have a healthy self image.

Jackson, Rebecca. "The relationship between lifestyle and campus eating behaviors in mal and females." College Student Journal 43.1 (2009): 860-871. Ebscohost. Web. 22 Nov. 2010.

Poor nutritional practices and heightened levels of stress, two common attributes of university life, are strongly linked with weight gain and decreased health. Little research has examined the relationships between university students' lifestyle factors and campus eating behaviours; therefore, this study aimed to examine relationships between lifestyle and campus eating behaviour. Both lifestyle and eating behaviour questionnaires were developed and administered to male and female undergraduate students at a Canadian university. Students whose living arrangements had not changed since high school consumed less alcohol than individuals who moved away from their previous dwellings. Fast food consumption was also significantly related to lower physical activity levels and higher expenditures for food on campus. Males also consumed more alcohol than females and spent more money for food on campus. Conclusion. Relationships do exist between lifestyle and campus eating behaviour. These results may be used as a foundation for future research on the effect of lifestyle on eating behaviours and nutritional status in university age student

"Music & Success in Life." Guitar Lessons, Piano Lessons, Voice Lessons, NYC, Manhattan, NY, Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island, New Jersey, Boston, Chicago. Web. 21 Nov. 2010. . Article talked about the many advantage that music has over a person's personality and behaviors. Some of the examples were "Studying music encourages self-discipline and diligence, traits that carry over into intellectual pursuits and that lead to effective study and work habits". Also other examples how music encouraged a community and brought groups together. It then went on the explain the health benefits of music therapy which will be great to use in my paper when I am explaining the benefits music therapy could have on other countries where actual medicine is not easily accessible.

Hobbs, Renee and Amy Jensen. "The Past, Present, and Future of Media Literacy Education." Journal of Media Literacy Education 1.1 (2009): 1-11. EBSCO. Web. 22 Nov. 2010. There is information relating to the past, present, and future uses of technology in this article. The coming of age and declaration of this integrated use had changed and effected many lives. A selection of students were chosen to be a test group. The study was researched to determine if technology has an effect on kids and their learning abilities.

Crystal, David. "Texting." ELT Journal: English Language Teachers Journal Jan. 2008: 77+. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 19 Nov. 2010.

This article is about health literacy and many of its aspects. This article defines what health literacy is. It states what skills are needed for health literacy. It shares the effect economic statuses have on low health literacy. It shares some statistics about the connection between people with low health literacy and poor health. This article also gives names of some health literacy organizations and programs.

Umbach, Paul D., et al. "Intercollegiate Athletes and Effective Educational Practices: Winning Combination or Losing Effort?." Research in Higher Education 47.6 (2006), 709 - 733. This article talks about how the education of college athletes has grown over the years. The study compares student athletes to non-athletes in their academic engagements. This study concludes that contrary to popular belief about student athletes, there is not much of a difference between the two groups when it comes to academics. When there are differences between the two the athletes were favored in academic performance.

Socialnomics09. "Social Media Revalation 2 (Refresh)." Youtube, 5 May 2010. Web. 19 Nov. 2010. This video contains numerous statistics about how technology has changed and effected us throughout the years. It labels technology as a "fundamental shift" in society and it is for the better. Facebook has the third largest population in the world. More electronics (kindles) were bought for Christmas than actual books. Our society is changing to more technology based and the effects it may have on us are endless.

Article talks about a 12 week study with students rangeing from 16-17 yrs old. It goes on to talk about the effects that music had on them and the comments made from the psychologist and educational researchers. Talks about how music therapy works, informs the therapeutic benifits, and talks about therapy within a school setting.

This is a great article that talks about how advertising has effect on minors. They go in to the marketing plans that are aimed toward the underage population. they state that this marketing make children feel safe partaking in risky behavior. DeBeneditti, Peter, and Wiveca Borjesson-Holman. "ALCOHOL ADVERTISING & MEDIA LITERACY A SCIENCE-BASED REVIEW." n. pag. Web. 10 Dec 2010. <http://www.medialiteracy.net/pdfs/Alcohol_Media_Literacy_Science

Romanello, Mary L., and Malissa Martin. "Information Literacy in Athletic Training: A Problem-Based Approach." Athletic Therapy Today 11.3 (2006): 40-43. SPORTDiscus with Full Text. EBSCO. Web. 2 Nov. 2010. Sports and literacy are connected in this article, which talks about literacy in the sporting world and its importance. It mentions literacy in regards to working as an athletic trainer and effectively communicating with athletes. It shows that literacy is essential in the sporting world. Involvement in athletic training should come with great physical literacy skills.

Rosewater, Ann. "Learning to Play and Playing to Learn: Organzied Sports and Educational Outcome." MasterFILE Premier. EBSCO, Sept. 2009. Web. 10 Nov. 2010. The article expresses the benefits of playing sports to increase academic performance. In the article it provides data on why it is beneficial for youth to participate in organized sports including the effects on brain functions critical to learning.

This is a link to the listing for this book on OhioLINK. It sounds like it might be helpful to those doing research on literacy development, how we learn to read. As the description implies, this might be an easy introduction to a rather complex topic. Wolf, a professor of child development at Tufts University, integrates psychology and archaeology, linguistics and education, history and neuroscience in a truly path-breaking look at the development of the reading brain-a complicated phenomenon that Wolf seeks to chronicle from both the early history of humanity and the early stages of an individual's development ("unlike its component parts such as vision and speech... reading has no direct genetic program passing it on to future generations"). Along the way, Wolf introduces concepts like "word poverty," the situation in which children, by age five, have heard 32 million less words than their counterparts (with chilling long-term effects), and makes time for amusing and affecting anecdotes, like the only child she knew to fake a reading disorder (attempting to get back into his beloved literacy training program). Though it could probably command a book of its own, the sizable third section of the book covers the complex topic of dyslexia, explaining clearly and expertly "what happens when the brain can't learn to read." One of those rare books that synthesizes cutting edge, interdisciplinary research with the inviting tone of a curious, erudite friend (think Malcolm Gladwell), Wolf's first book for a general audience is an eye-opening winner, and deserves a wide readership. (From the description on Amazon.com.)

Smith, Fran. "Why Arts Education Is Crucial, and Who's Doing It Best." Edutopia. The George Lucas Educational Foundation, Feb. 2009. Web. 15 Nov. 2010. This article discusses the various positive effects of art to the student. It shows how it contributes to being an individual. This includes academic achievement and emotional development. It analyzes factors that are contributing to a lack of the arts in education. It discusses why this is a problem and how new initiatives are working against it.