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Juel, Connie. "What Makes Literacy Tutoring Effective?" JSTOR: Reading Research Quarterly. International Reading Association 31.3 July-Aug. 1996: 268-289. Web. 18 Nov. 2010. . Print. Students who get tutored one on one often perform better than their peers. Peer tutoring helps the engagement of the student at any age. College especially, since classes are harder and it is often harder to pay attention and keep up with the work. Every tutor has their own process for their student. Peer tutoring is better since the student and tutor can relate.

Chodkiewicz, Andrew, Betty Johnston, Keiko Yasukawa. "Educating Parents: The EvenStart financial literacy program." Journal of Literacy and Numeracy Studies 14.1 (2005): 33-47. Ebsco. Web. 22 Nov. 2010. This article talks about the benefits of parents and children working together to better understand financial literacy. It talks about different programs one can take to better understand their finances. The article also does a good job at defining specifically what financial literacy is.

Henderson, Paulette A. ""Is everybody getting it?": Sustained support for English as a second language students." About Campus 14.4 (2009): 8-15. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. This article is about English as a Second Language (ESL), and the experiences of international students in understanding English in their first year in American universities. Both professors and students talk about their own experiences and how the professors can help them understand the materials that been taught in class. every international student is working twice compared to most American students.first they have to overcame the language barrier,and then they have to understand the material benign taught in class.

Johnson, L. "The braille literacy crisis for children." Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness 90.3 (1996): 276. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 17 Nov. 2010. Johnson makes clear that in the United States there needs to me more emphasis on teaching Braille to young students. It shows the concerns that parents, teachers, and students have about visually impaired children are no longer learning to read and write Braille. Due to the advances in technology Braille has become obsolete. This article gives the different perspectives of both teachers and parents when it comes to their children learning Braille. Finally Johnson says that he believes that there should be more of an integration of visually impaired children into regular classrooms. He also knows that this will not be easy. Although the students will benefit from being in an integrated class room, they need daily contact with a teacher who specializes in working with visually impaired student.

Garmire, Elsa, and Greg Pearson. Tech Tally: Approaches to Assessing Technological Literacy. Washington D.C.: National Academy, 2006. Print. This book is about different methods people are using to make the classroom more technologically advanced. Some people agree with the fact that the classroom setting should be more technologically advanced in order to keep up with the technological advances being made. However, there are some people that disagree with this and are against the idea of advancements of techonology being made in the classroom. It shows people's opinions on what is working and what is not.

Barker Reinecke, Marguerite. "Teaching music literacy in the townships: building partnerships and a culture of accountability." OhioLINK. Web. 19 November 2010 The learning of music can transform the lives of young school children and youths in a Johannesburg township. This article describes the background to the pioneering work of the South African Music Education Trust (SAMET) in its attempts to kindle interest in musical literacy, to fund its projects, and to create a culture of trust and partnership between donors and recipients, some of whom are learning about fund management and accountability for the first time.

Frye, Elizabeth M., Woodrow Trathen, and David A. Koppenhaver. "Internet Workshop and Blog Publishing: Meeting Student (and Teacher) Learning Needs to Achieve Best Practice in the Twenty-First-Century Social Studies Classroom." Social Studies 101.2 (2010): 46-53. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 21 Nov. 2010. This article discusses successful ways to go about publishing blogs and using the Internet in a classroom setting. It also discusses all the other options there are when working with blogs and what types of technological things are able to be added to them, such as podcasts, video screencasts, and files in general.

Beckman, Mary. "Closing the Gender Gap." Science Now (2005): 1-3. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 22 Nov. 2010. With new research done with monkeys, they have found that there is a gender gap in math but mainly in early childhood and that the gap could be closed. With a little extra training the female monkeys can catch up to the males. That extra work can close that gap. Monkeys and humans are similar so if we try the same ideas they did with the female monkeys, maybe as humans we could close the gender gap within math.

Peterson, Sharon, et al. "Positive Changes in Perceptions and Selections of Healthful Foods by College Students After a Short-Term Point-of-Selection Intervention at a Dining Hall." Journal of American College Health 58.5 (2010): 425-431. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 22 Nov. 2010. By putting out flyers, signs, table tents, and numerous other things, these experimenters searched to find the link between these short term items next to healthy food items. They found that after having these out that college students tended to go to the more healthy options when they actually realized what they were. They concluded that not only did this short term effect work but that the college students did not know what their healthy options were and therefore were happy to be notified.

Kicklighter, Jana Regina, et al. "College Freshmen Perceptions of Effective and Ineffective Aspects of Nutrition Education." Journal of American College Health 59.2 (2010): 98-104. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 22 Nov. 2010. Graduate students taught a group of college students more about nutrition and healthy options to eat. Coming out of the experiment students claimed to know more about nutrition and that having a graduate student as their teacher helped them learn. They said this because of their image and likeness to them. The outcome of this experience was a greater understanding of nutrition and advance in this field.

Kersey, Robert D."Sport and Exercise Nutrition."Athletic Therapy Today; Jan2002, Vol. 7 Issue 1, p26-27, 2p. EBSCO.Web. 22. Nov. 2010. This article explains the importance of nutrition and the role it has on our performance while we work out or play sports. talks about the various functions and forms of nutrition.

Parks, Sara."President's page: National Nutiriton Month-focus on healthy eating and fitness. (cover story)"Journal of the American Dietetic Association; Mar1994, Vol. 94 Issue 3, p329, 2p, 2 Black and White Photographs. EBSCO.Web. 22.Nov.2010. This article is abotu the impotance of having a good nutrition and exercise. Also tells the truths about myths for working out and good and bad foods to eat.

Pheifer, Todd. "The Effect of Alcohol Consumption by College Students on their Study Habits ." Helium.com. DMCA, n.d. Web. 21 Nov. 2010 This article explains what happens to a student's study habits when they drink. It discusses how although a student usually isn't drinking while doing their school work, the hangovers that occur after drinking cause alot of the problems. It also touches about the effects alcohol has on a college student's health, for example drinking causes weight gain. The final topic the article discusses is how alcohol creates a major distraction and causes students to focus less on school.