The Dumbest Generation (37 page)
Read The Dumbest Generation Online
Authors: Mark Bauerlein
mentors’ indulgence of
Shaffer, David Williamson
Sharma, Amol
Sinclair, Cameron
Smyth, Laura
social networking Web sites
constant peer-to-peer contact
inflated self-evaluation
modeling of immaturity
narrow interests and experiences
popularity of
preference for, over intellectual sites
verbal usage and formulas
See also
peer consciousness
peer consciousness
Somin, Ilya
Stanovich, Keith E.
Stoll, Clifford
Strauss, Valerie
Strauss, William
Sutherland-Smith, Wendy
Sweeney, Richard T.
teachers.
See
mentors
See
mentors
technology
adoption rates
e-literacy
engineering degrees awarded
teen skill and savvy in
See also
screen media; screen media in education; Web
screen media; screen media in education; Web
teens and young adults
adolescence as identity
“Dumbest Generation” label
fixation on adolescent matters
Twixter lifestyle
See also specific issues
television viewing
for babysitting
with concurrent use of other media
for entertainment and edification
long-term outcomes
sophistication of content
time spent on
vs. homework time
See also
screen media
screen media
tests and assessments.
See
ignorance
See
ignorance
Texas Center for Education Research
Thacker, Paul D.
thought.
See
anti-intellectualism; cognitive development
See
anti-intellectualism; cognitive development
TIMSS (
Trends in International Math and Science Study
)
Trends in International Math and Science Study
)
traditional knowledge
for constructive self-criticism
in culture wars
failure to learn, consequences of
ignorance and rejection of
mentors, failure to foster
value of
Trends in Academic Progress
(NAEP)
(NAEP)
Trends in International Math and Science Study
(TIMSS)
(TIMSS)
Trotter, Andrew
Turtel, Joel
Twenge, Jean
Twist, Jo
twitter technology
UCLA, Higher Education Research Institute
University of Michigan Institute for Social Research
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
U.S. Department of Education
U.S. House Committee on Science
video games
benefits attributed to
in classrooms
tween and teen usage
vocabulary.
See
language acquisition and usage
See
language acquisition and usage
volunteerism
Web
accommodation of lesser literacies
blogs
constant peer-to-peer contact
as consumer environment
customization capability
fostering of immaturity
idioms and verbal formulas
participatory nature of
popularity of social networking sites
popular knowledge sites
site design recommendations
site preferences
unrealized learning potential
See also
screen media; Web reading
screen media; Web reading
Web reading
aversion to
choice of familiar and simple material
competency levels
effects of
eyetracking studies on
low-literacy users
predictions concerning
Weinberg, Jack
Whitman, Walt
Wikipedia,
Wineburg, Sam
workplace readiness
young adults.
See
teens and young adults;
specific issues
See
teens and young adults;
specific issues
Zaslow, Jeff
Zuckerberg, Mark
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Mark Bauerlein is a professor of English at Emory University and has worked as a Director of Research and Analysis at the National Endowment for the Arts, where he oversaw studies about culture and American life, including the much-discussed
Reading at Risk: A Survey of Literary Reading in America.
His writing has appeared in
The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post,
the
San Francisco Chronicle, The Weekly Standard, Reason
magazine,
The Chronicle of Higher Education,
and many other publications, as well as in scholarly periodicals such as
Partisan Review, The Yale Review, Wilson Quarterly,
and
PMLA.
Reading at Risk: A Survey of Literary Reading in America.
His writing has appeared in
The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post,
the
San Francisco Chronicle, The Weekly Standard, Reason
magazine,
The Chronicle of Higher Education,
and many other publications, as well as in scholarly periodicals such as
Partisan Review, The Yale Review, Wilson Quarterly,
and
PMLA.
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