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Christopher Milam

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  • Christopher Milam on 13 Feb 14
     
    Starting on page 7 to page 21, every graph in blue is a different evaluation of literacy. They are broken down by country/region, participating country/region, 10 year age intervals, gender, whether they were born in the US, highest level of education, race/ethnicity, if they use reading skills at work, employment status, health status, learning disability,
Laura Covington

Informal Style of Electronic Messages Is Showing Up in Schoolwork, Study Finds - New Yo... - 0 views

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  • As e-mail messages, text messages and social network postings become nearly ubiquitous in the lives of teenagers, the informality of electronic communications is seeping into their schoolwork, a new study says. Nearly two-thirds of 700 students surveyed said their e-communication style sometimes bled into school assignments, according to the study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, in partnership with the College Board’s National Commission on Writing. About half said they sometimes omitted proper punctuation and capitalization in schoolwork. A quarter said they had used emoticons like smiley faces. About a third said they had used text shortcuts like “LOL” for “laugh out loud.”
  • When e-mail shorthand — or for that matter, slang — appears in academic assignments, Professor Sterling said, it is an opportunity for teachers to explain that while such usages are acceptable in some contexts, they do not belong in schoolwork. And as the English language evolves, he said, some e-mail conventions, like starting sentences without a capital letter, may well become accepted practice.
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