"Health Literacy -> Development and Administration." National Assessment of Adult Literacy. National Center for Education Statistics. Web. 5 December 2010.
This website has information regarding the national assesment of health literacy. It has the scoring and results from the tests. It also gives an accurate definition of what health literacy is.
Vinci, D.M. "Effective nutrition support programs for college athletes. / Programmes efficace d'assistance et de conseil en nutrition pour les athletes universitaires." International Journal of Sport Nutrition 8.3 (1998): 308-320. SPORTDiscus with Full Text. EBSCO. Web. 17 Nov. 2010.
This article is about the Husky Sport Nutrition Program at the University of Washington. This program is offered to the college athletes at the university. The program offers life skills assistance to student-athletes. In addition, the program offers a sports nutritionist who is an educator, counselor, and administrator for the athletes. This provides athletes with accurate information on healthy eating behaviors for optimal performance. Furthermore, the program offers a multidisciplinary team to prevent and treat eating disorders.
Larson, Natasja, Jim Parsons, and Laura Servage. "The Google-ization of Knowledge." Online Submission (2007): ERIC. EBSCO. Web. 20 Nov. 2010.
The article looks at how Google has changed how knowledge is used, accessed, and the impact it has on those that seek and create it. They suggest that Google is reshaping, how knowledge counts as important, helps business, education, among other things. The authors suggest that the way we access information and how it is presented to us changes how we view knowledge and its creditability.
Lewis, Colleen. "Making the Transition from High School to College for Students with Disabilties." National Center for Learning Disabilities, 2008. Web. 22 Nov. 2010.
This article addresses the transition from high school to college for students with learning disabilities. It gives the differences between receiving help in high school and receiving help in college. For example, in college one has to actively seek help. Also one must proof with documentation that they indeed to have a learning disability. The article informs the reader what what the student with a disability should do once accepted into college. It gives helpful information to make the transition as smooth as possible
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
Quintero, Elizabeth, TX. Literacy Center. El Paso Community Coll., and Others And. "Project FIEL: Family Initiative for English Literacy Handbook." (1990): ERIC. EBSCO. Web. 22 Nov. 2010.
This text is about English and literacy. It explains how important language is for the evolution of literacy. It gives different visual examples of the development of children throughout the years. The project that the article is about informs the reader how important it is for literacy to develop all throughout the ages. Parents needs to be the primary assistants in helping progress a child's english and literacy, and then teachers take on the role as they get older. This article houses many examples for this inquiry.
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.
English Education. "Reconstructing English Education for the 21st Century: A Report on the CEE Summit" 38.4 (Jul, 2006): 278-294. Jstor. Print. 4 Nov. 2010.
This article discusses the differences in English education. It explains that the 21 century has changed literacy tremendously. In order to be prepared for this change, English need to prepare students for that change. It is also important that the teachers be prepared as well. Within this article, there are three "dimensions" that are discussed. Each of these is seen as a way to help students through the challenges that come with the change of the 21 century. All in all, this article is used to inform readers of the changes within English literacy.
DaCosta, Boaventura, Carolyn Kinsell, Angelique Nasah, and Soohwa, Seok. "The Digital Literacy Debate: An Investigation of Digital Propensity and Information and Communication Technology." Educational Technology and Research Development 58.5 (2010): 531-555. EBSCO. Web. 22 Nov. 2010.
The differences in social, economic, and ethnic backgrounds of people and their use of technology was thoroughly described in this article. It also described the use of a digital world. The world is becoming more digitally based and the integration of technology is just getting started. The use of technology can greatly change the way we read and write and those effects are positive and negative.
Cornett, Sandy. "Assessing and Addressing Health Literacy." Online Journal of Issues in Nursing 14.3 (2009). EBSCOhost. Web. 24 Nov 2010.
This article states that we must first be able to identify a patient with low health literacy to be able to communicate with them effectivly. This article gives guidance on how to identify a patients literacy level. It also states how to do things that can increase the overall levels of health literacy. It states that even if someone has high literacy levels that doesnt mean that they will always understand all of their health and health care information. Another idea that was brought up in this article is that one must also form a comfortable environment for patients to become more health literate.
Clark, C. "The Future of Libraries." 2010. CQ Researcher. Vol 7. pg 457-480. Web. 18 Nov 2010.
The article is about the role change libraries have faced going from a place where many get information to what it is now. This change has partially been brought on by computers, which libraries use to deliver its information. Some who prefer how it was claim that it is incovienitent while the library professionals foresee a hybrid that will bring in components of traditional print media and electronic media.
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.
HUSTON, SANDRA J. "Measuring Financial Literacy." Journal of Consumer Affairs 44.2 (2010): 296-316. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 17 Nov. 2010.
This journal was written by Sandra Huston. In her journal she attempts to define exactly what financial literacy is. She argues that many other scholars will not address this part of the subject, which she thinks is the main problem. She also goes on to state just what kinds of obstacles people face who do not have the knowledge, or are not well educated on Financial Literacy. She even makes a statement that it is her belief that the US has problems with welfare because of lack of finance knowledge, especially when it comes to spending. The information will serve great purpose for my introduction and conclusion as well as backup for my main paragraphs.
LUSARDI, ANNAMARIA, OLIVIA S. MITCHELL, and VILSA CURTO. "Financial Literacy among the Young." Journal of Consumer Affairs 44.2 (2010): 358-380. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 17 Nov.
This article will be very strong for my paper. For the purpose of my research paper, I would like to focus on young adults. This journal article is directed specifically towards that. In the journal, there was a study done on high school and college level aged students who were asked questions regarding inflation, interest rates, and risk diversification. The best part of this article is that it show that students who are from a solid background, or have been to college, know much more about financiall literacy and how their money will spent in the future. I can use much of this information and studies in my paper.
Smith, Peter K., et al. "Cyberbullying: its nature and impact in secondary school pupils." Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry 49.4 (2008): 376-385. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 21 Nov. 2010.
Bullying has taken on a new form as it has started to occur through the Internet and cell phones and has begun to be known as "cyberbullying." This article focuses on a study in which students of secondary schools took a survey on how often the had been bullied through electronic means. In the first study, phone call and text messaging bullying were most frequent. In the second study, phone call and instant messaging were most frequent and text messaging next. Both studies discovered that cyberbullying takes place more often outside of school than inside school. This can be stopped maybe by informing parents more and including this topic in education.
Lewis, J. and Jhally, S. "The Struggle Over Media Literacy." 1998. Journal of Communication, 48: 109-120. Wiley. Web. 17 Nov. 2010.
Media literacy is an extremely important thing for an informed person to attain. It is growing more and more important with the increase in media we as consumers see everyday. This article talks specifically about the differences in what media literacy means. Media literacy can mean seeing an image and realizing what it is telling you. But it can also mean seeing an image and realizing why it is there and that is the type that most people are illiterate in.
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.
This article describes what Autism is, the causes of autism, and describes how common autism is.
"Autism Speaks, Be Informed, What Is Autism, An Overview." Autism Speaks, Home Page. Web. 21 Nov. 2010. .
This article acknowledges the growing prevalence of instant messaging and text messaging in today's society. It reveals the two different beliefs of how these new forms of communication affect writing. One belief is that it has caused a "breakdown of the English language" from the use of abbreviations and lack of punctuation. The second is that students have been encouraged to write more and that it is helping them practice their literacy skills. These technologies can be used as learning tools, but the problem is that students have a hard time distinguishing when to use informal and when to use formal writing. The challenge now is how to teach children how to use this new tool for literacy.
