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Contents contributed and discussions participated by Kevin S

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Science in the news: An evaluation of students' scientific literacy - 1 views

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    Murcia, Karen. "Science in the News: An Evaluation of Students' Scientific Literacy." Teaching Science - the Journal of the Australian Science Teachers Association 55.3 (2009): 40-45. Academic Search Complete. Web. 22 Nov. 2010. This article researched the science and science news literacy in students. It found that a basic science literacy is neccesarry to know the news of the academic world. Terms and theories, laws, etc were requires in order to fully understand. It found that students are not engaged in science in the news and there is a need for explicit teaching of this information
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TESTING THE ECONOMIC LITERACY OF K-12 TEACHERS: A STATE-WIDE BASELINE ANALYSIS - 1 views

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    Grimes, Paul W., Meghan J. Millea, and Kathleen M. Thomas. "TESTING THE ECONOMIC LITERACY OF K-12 TEACHERS: A STATE-WIDE BASELINE ANALYSIS." American Secondary Education 38.3 (2010): 4-20. Academic Search Complete. Web. 22 Nov. 2010.
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CONVERGENCE CITIZENS: THE NEW MEDIA LITERACY OF PRE-SCHOOL TELEVISION - 1 views

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    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.
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Twenty-First Century Literacy: A Matter of Scale from Micro to Mega - 1 views

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    Brown, Abbie, and van Tryon Slagter. "Twenty-First Century Literacy: A Matter of Scale from Micro to Mega." Clearing House 83.6 (2010): 235-8. Print. PARKER, MEGAN R., et al. "Relationship of College Students' Patriotism to use of Specific New Sources and Knowledge of Current Political Events." Journal of Political & Military Sociology 37.2 (2009): 205-26. Print. This article describes the new approaches in teaching students literacy habits in an ever changing society with new technolgies.
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The News Literacy Project Kicks Off Its Chicago Pilot With An Event Featuring Clarence ... - 1 views

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    News Literacy Project. "The News Literacy Project Kicks Off Its Chicago Pilot With An Event Featuring Clarence Page." The News Literacy Project. 2008. Web. 21 Nov. 2010. The News Literacy project was initiated in Chicago to teach students to be literate. They bring professional journalists into the classromm to help teach students. They teach students to distinguish between reliable news and unfiltered news and verified news.
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The "Big Idea" - 1 views

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    Stony Brook University. "The "Big Idea"." News Literacy Conference. Stony Brook University, Mar. 2009. Web. 21 Nov. 2010. This is a proposal article that attempts to persuade the readers that universities and high schools should offer news literacy courses. These classes would help students determine types of reputable news sources and information. They say people need to have a skill set to be able to communicate the news in an accurate way.
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The Influence of High-Stakes Testing on High School Teachers' Willingness to Incorporat... - 1 views

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    Journell, Wayne. "The Influence of High-Stakes Testing on High School Teachers' Willingness to Incorporate Current Political Events into the Curriculum." High School Journal 93.3 (2010): 111-25. EBSCOhost. Web. 16 Nov. 2010.\n\n\nThis is an article that researched the curriculum at 3 different high schools. Its goal was to discover how teachers were incorporating the presidential election coverage into their classes, or if they did so at all. Some teachers failed to include any current events into the classroom because it would not be tested on at the end of the year graduation tests. They focused on issues and subjects the students needed in order to pass and graduate.
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News Literacy: How to Teach Students to Search Smart - 1 views

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    Costello-Dougherty, Malaika. "News Literacy: How to Teach Students to Search Smart." Edutopia. Apr. 2010. Web. 14 Nov. 2010 . \n
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    This article is tageted towards english teachers. It notes that the ability to distinguish good news from biased news is critcal for students to do research. She says that some news like in the Onion may look convincing, but it is slanted and biased and not as clear news as the New York Times. She gives advice to tell students how to determine what is fact and was is not when reading and reseraching the news.
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Enhancing News Literacy - 1 views

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    Quinn, Lena Consolini. "Enhancing News Literacy." School Library Journal (2009). Web. 8 Nov. 2010. .\n\n\n\n\nMany in the news publishing industry have noticed a decline in the interest of news in the younger generation. Many teens are oblivious to what is happening in the world, and it worries some. These are the teens that are going to be the next generation of leaders in the world and they are clueless. So some initiatives have been stared to stimulate an interst in the news for teens.
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RELATIONSHIP OF COLLEGE STUDENTS' PATRIOTISM TO USE OF SPECIFIC NEW SOURCES AND KNOWLED... - 1 views

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    PARKER, M. R., FOSTER, L. N., KROHN, K. R., & WILLIAMS, R. L. (2009). Relationship of college students' patriotism to use of specific new sources and knowledge of current political events. Journal of Political & Military Sociology, 37(2), 205-226.
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