English 101 - Fall 2010

Knapp, Angela. "Music and the literacy hour at Key Stage 2: an investigation into curricular pressure." British Journal of Music Education, Volume 17, issue 3 (November 2000), p. 265-276. OhioLINK. Web. 20 November 2010. Primary school teachers have had to endure a great many changes in the profession over the last decade. Since the advent of the National Curriculum - the most significant change of all - there have been further alterations to the teaching programme. The first was a revision of the National Curriculum itself, followed by the election of a new Government, which rapidly introduced another major change: the prescriptive teaching of literacy and numeracy. To accommodate this, primary schools have had to juggle to maintain a broad and balanced curriculum of foundation subjects.

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. .

Lloyd, Bob. "The Effects of Instant Messaging on Traditional Literacy." Helium. Web. 21 Nov. 2010. Research was done on kids habits of instant messaging and the effects it had on their normal or traditional way of reading and writing. Kids that instant messaged wrote less than kids that did not instant message. A good point was made about how instant messaging is just like writing normal words but leaving out vowels and just using letters that make sounds similar to the words they are tying to write. Technology has given the use for more opportunities involving text messaging and instant messaging.

Mancuso, Josephine M. "Assessment and measurement of health literacy: An integrative review if the literature." Nursing and Health Sciences 11.1 (Mar 2009): 77-89. Web. 24 Nov 2010. The main purpose of this article is to relate health literacy to many other aspects of healthcare, including health knowledge, health behaviors, health outcomes, and the costs of healthcare. This article is trying to find out what is already being done to make people more health literate and what can be done to improve this in the future. Graphs are also shown in this article of two instruments used to measure health literacy: Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine (REALM) and the Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults(TOFHLA). It shows the studies on these graphs and the conclusions that they came up with about the health literacy in Americans. The main goal in all of this research is too improve health care in all of its aspects.

Powell, Lisa, Jenny Williams, and Henry Wechsler. "Study Habits and Levels of Alcohol Use Among College Students." alcoholpolicymd.com. impacTEEN, Feb 2002. Web. 21 Nov. 2010 This article examines the negative effects alcohol has on college student's study habits. It provides numerous graphs representing the date collected and explains all of the results found. This article explains that alcohol really affects a student's likelihood to skip and class and fall behind in school. This article also takes a look at a student's likelihood to drink based on campus involvement, race, and parental drinking habits.

Rowlands, Gillian. "Health Literacy and Long-Term Conditions" Primary Health Care 19.7 (Sept 2009): 16-20. Web. 24 Nov 2010. This article talks about the importance of one's ability to understand the health information that is given to them. This is information is important for people when making decisions regarding their health. There is also a case study about a middle aged man and how his health literacy affects his health. This article also states what can be done to improve an individual's health literacy.

Reyes, Darcel. "My First Patient as a Nurse Practitioner: A Man With Low Literacy." International Journal of Nursing Terminologies and Classifications 21.4 (Oct 2010): 177-181. Web. 24 Nov 2010. This article is a sotry about a Nurse Practitioner and he experience with a man who had very low health literacy. She talks about the importance of knowing the level of literacy in patients before diagnosing them. She thinks that special tools should be used to evaluate the level of health literacy a patient has. She says that not knowing the level or literacy could result in an improper diagnosis/ treatment which could be more harmful to the patient.

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.

Hill, Liam, et al. "Exercising attention within the classroom." Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology 52.10 (2010): 929-934. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 20 Nov. 2010. This articles attempts to determine whether or not having a daily exercise will increase a students knowledge during school hours. It involves younger students being tested to find out if there is a direct link to the two. Exercising has a way of making people have more energy but for others less. This articles tells that exactly.

Rosen, Larry D., et al. "The Relationship Between "Textisms" and Formal and Informal Writing Among Young Adults." Communication Research 37.3 (2010): 420-440. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 19 Nov. 2010. This article is about whether or not there is a connection between textisms and the quality of writing. There has been an overwhelming increase in the use of text messaging, and in some cases young adults use messages more than talking. Two studies were performed trying to determine if there is a relationship, because not much research has been completed. On top of that most of the research has yielded different results. These two studies did not see a connection between the use of textisms and formal writing, but it did between the use of textisms and informal writing.

Roblyer, M.D., et al. "Findings on Facebook in Higher Education: A Comparison of College Faculty and Student Uses and Perceptions of Social Networking Sites." The Internet and Higher Education 13, no. 3 (2010): 134-140. Electronic Journal Center. Web. 21 Nov. 2010. This article speaks about the reluctance there is to move forward with the times and adopt new technological innovations. This reluctance from teachers may be from the fact that they believe that Facebook is the same as email, just a way to communicate, and see no reason for change. The article also agrees with the counter in that educational institutions see Facebook as a way to communicate with their students, and do just that. They see it as a way to almost relate with their students and to keep them informed. It also talks about how big of an influence social networks and the Internet are in students lives and how beneficial it is to integrate it into learning in the classroom. The article addresses the ways colleges are using Facebook to connect.

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.

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

Ai, Xiaoxia. "Gender Differences in Growth in Mathematics Achievement: Three-Level Longitudinal and Multilevel Analyses of Individual, Home, and School Influences." Mathematical Thinking & Learning 4.1 (2002): 1-22. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 22 Nov. 2010. This is a study done to see what affects the gender gap with mathematics. They focus on the grades 7 through 10. They use a three step program to see the growth with the students. Also they control what goes on the in the class room and talk about what they discovered. Results show that home resources, individual behavior problems, and attitude toward mathematics were related to growth in mathematics. It also talked about how if a student started in a higher level math class there was not much growth difference.

"Students with Disabilities Preparing for Postsecondary Education." U.S. Department of Education. Sept. 2007. Web. 22 Nov. 2010. The article provides what differences one should expect between high school and college for students with learning disabilities. It provides answers to common questions about colleges and disability services. It informs the reader that they must provide documentation to prove they have a disability. The college does not have have to pay for the tests so students are on their own. However, the services the college provides are free to the students with documentation of a disability.

Wiggins, Donna G. "Pre-K Music and the Emergent Reader: Promoting Literacy in a Music-Enhanced Environment." OhioLINK. Web 20 November 2010. This article is about the importance of the relationship between music and literacy. it also discuss how music and literacy connect in the early learning setting. Emergent literacy may be nurtured in an early childhood environment that integrates literacy experiences with meaningful music activities in which young children develop skills necessary for success in both areas simultaneously. Early childhood educators can develop the knowledge and skills needed to bring music into the classroom as an engaging and stimulating element of literacy education.

Deshpande, Sameer, Michael Basil and Debra Basil. "Factors Influencing Healthy Eating Habits Among College Students." Health Marketing Scholarly 26.2 (2009) 145-164. Ebsocohost. Web. 22 Nov. 2010. Poor eating habits are an important public health issue that has large health and economic implications. Many food preferences are established early, but because people make more and more independent eating decisions as they move through adolescence, the transition to independent living during the university days is an important event. Numerous studies have shown that college students often have poor eating habits. Students tend to eat fewer fruits and vegetables on a daily basis\nand report high intake of high-fat, high-calorie foods.To study the phenomenon of food selection, the heath belief model was applied to predict the likelihood of healthy eating among university students. Numerous studies have shown that college students often have poor eating habits.

"Critical Issue: Developing a School or District Technology Plan." North Central Regional Educational Laboratory. Web. 22 Nov. 2010. In this was described a plan for technology to be integrated into a school system. The plan was to give a school access to technology through their curriculum. The school systems wanted to make sure doing this would benefit everyone. Technology is proven to affect people, but negatively or positively is what they wanted to find out.

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.

Hicks, Terence, and Samuel Heastie. "HIGH SCHOOL TO COLLEGE TRANSITION: A PROFILE OF THE STRESSORS, PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH ISSUES THAT AFFECT THE FIRST-YEAR ON-CAMPUS COLLEGE STUDENT." Journal of Cultural Diversity 15.3 (2008): 143-147. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 22 Nov. 2010. This article deals with the problems that first year students go through on campus during their first year. The article deals with responses to over 500 college students to a survey. It deals with problems from roommates to being sick often. Not too many people reported that they had been affected very often. Also only two percent were stressed about housing. Only three were stressed about problems with a professor.