The Dumbest Generation (36 page)
Read The Dumbest Generation Online
Authors: Mark Bauerlein
generational comparisons
of math, science, and technology
of politics and world affairs -
See also
anti-intellectualism
anti-intellectualism
Indiana University,
National Survey of Student Engagement
(NSSE)
National Survey of Student Engagement
(NSSE)
Information and Communications Technology (ICT).
See
screen media in education
See
screen media in education
Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan
intellectual pursuits.
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anti-intellectualism; cultural opportunities; leisure reading
See
anti-intellectualism; cultural opportunities; leisure reading
intelligence.
See
cognitive development
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cognitive development
Intel Science and Engineering Fair
Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI)
Internet.
See
Web
See
Web
IQ tests
ISI (Intercollegiate Studies Institute)
Jefferson, Thomas
Jenkins, Henry
Johnson, Jeffrey G.
Johnson, Kirk
Johnson, Steven
Joy, Bill
Kaiser Family Foundation Program for the Study of Entertainment Media and Health
Katz, Irvin
Katz, Jon
Keeter, Scott
Kessler, Andy
Knight Foundation
knowledge.
See
ignorance; traditional knowledge
See
ignorance; traditional knowledge
knowledge workers.
See
mentors
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mentors
Kohn, Alfie
Kralovec, Etta
Kristol, Irving
language acquisition and usage
failure of screen media to foster
idioms and verbal formulas
through out-of-school experiences
vocabulary level of various media
Web competency levels
learning.
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cognitive development; screen media in education
See
cognitive development; screen media in education
leisure reading
achievement and
aversion to
civic and cultural traditions
Harry Potter books
importance of, to literary figures
rates of
rates of, grouped by age -
time spent on
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reading and literacy
reading and literacy
leisure time
amount available
arts and cultural opportunities
implications of current trends
school-supporting activities
spent with media
youth amusements
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leisure reading; screen time
leisure reading; screen time
Leno, Jay
Leu, Donald
liberal education.
See
traditional knowledge
See
traditional knowledge
libraries, multimedia offerings in
literacy.
See
leisure reading; reading and literacy; Web reading
See
leisure reading; reading and literacy; Web reading
Loveless, Tom
MacArthur Foundation
MacFarquhar, Larissa
Mangu-Ward, Katherine
material wealth
math, ignorance of
Mathews, Jay
Matthew Effect in reading
McCluskey, Neal
McGrath, Charles
media.
See
screen media; screen media in education; Web
See
screen media; screen media in education; Web
Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University
mentors
degradation of mentoring task and position -
expectation of student self-motivation
failure to instill traditional knowledge
indulgence of youth motives and self-centrism
inflated appraisal of student ability
student disengagement and alienation from
surrender to youth movements
on types of literacy skills
unconcern over student intellectual decline
Metros, Susan
Mill, John Stuart
Millennials .
See also
teens and young adults;
specific issues
See also
teens and young adults;
specific issues
Mindich, David
money and material wealth
Morin, Richard
multitasking
NAEP (National Assessment of Educational Progress) “Nation’s Report Card”
civics surveys
history surveys
math and science surveys
reading surveys
scope of studies
narcissism.
See
self-centrism
See
self-centrism
National Assessment of Adult Literacy
National Association of Manufacturers
National Association of Scholars
National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance
National Center for Education Statistics
National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education
National Commission on Writing
National Conference of State Legislatures
National Constitution Center
National Endowment for the Arts
National Freshman’s Attitudes Report,
National Geographic Society
National Governors Association
National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts
National School Boards Association
National Science board
National Survey of Student Engagement
(NSSE) (Indiana University)
(NSSE) (Indiana University)
“Nation’s Report Card.”
See
NAEP (National Assessment of Educational Progress)
See
NAEP (National Assessment of Educational Progress)
Neisser, Ulric
NetDay initiative, Project Tomorrow
New Left
newspaper readership
New York Intellectuals
Nielsen, Jakob/Nielsen Norman Group
on consumer goals of Web users
screen reading studies
site design recommendations
Nielsen Media Research
Nielsen//NetRatings
No Child Left Behind Act
Noel-Levitz, Inc.
Norman, Don .
See also
Nielsen, Jakob/Nielsen Norman Group
See also
Nielsen, Jakob/Nielsen Norman Group
Northwestern University, Medill School of Journalism
NSSE (
National Survey of Student Engagement
) (Indiana University)
National Survey of Student Engagement
) (Indiana University)
Nussbaum, Emily
online youthworlds.
See
Web
See
Web
Oppenheimer, Todd
O’Reilly, Tim
overachievers
parents
on benefits of screen media
failure to limit media use
pressure on students
use of television as babysitter
Partners for Livable Communities
Pataki, George
Pease, Donald
peer consciousness
alienation from adult world
narrow worldview and experience
reading habits and
for survival and self-judgment
twitter technology
See also
social networking Web sites
social networking Web sites
Perseus Development Corporation
Petrilli, Michael
Pew Research Center reports
knowledge levels
knowledge of politics and current affairs
newspaper readership
online usage
parental pressure on students
social consciousness
Web site preferences
Phelps, Christopher
PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment)
Poirier, Richard
politics.
See
civics
See
civics
Poniewozik, James
popular knowledge Web sites -
Postrel, Virginia
Poynter Institute
Prensky, Marc
Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)
Project Tomorrow, NetDay initiative
Ravitch, Diane
reading and literacy
alternate concepts of literacy -
books, rejection of
books and computers as adversaries
literacy rates
Matthew Effect
screen reading vs. book reading
spending on
transformation of libraries into multimedia centers
for vocabulary acquisition
See also
leisure reading; Web reading
leisure reading; Web reading
Reich, Charles
Reynolds, Glenn
Richardson, Will
Ricketts, Camille
Rip Van Winkle story
Robbins, Alexandra
Roth, Philip
Rubin, Jerry
SAT test
school
dropouts
E-Rate subsidies
homework time
music and art instruction
time spent in
See also
college students; screen media in education
college students; screen media in education
Schultz, Katherine
science, ignorance of
Scotland Inspectorate of Education
screen media
as babysitter
benefits attributed to -
in competition with books
composition skills and
in home environment -
literacy concept
multitasking
parents’ confidence in
selection habits
spatial reasoning and
screen media (
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)
as supplement to books
usage studies
use of, correlated with school achievement
verbal skills and
young children’s exposure to
See also
screen media in education; television viewing; Web
screen media in education; television viewing; Web
screen media in education
achievement and
assumed demand for
failure to expand experience and interests
as impediment to linear thinking skills
lack of vocabulary development
student enthusiasm for
student lack of research skills
as supplement to books
trend toward
undermining of classroom and workplace values
screen reading.
See
Web reading
See
Web reading
screen time
for babysitting
compared to reading time
home environment and
parents’ faith in educational value of
self-directed
unlimited
self-centrism
adolescence as authentic identity
as culture war
inflated self-evaluation -
lack of constructive self-criticism
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