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Richmond child-neglect case sent to grand jury
... He testified that Wright volunteered the information that her 10-year-old son was diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and had a history of violent, aggressive behavior: setting a house on fire, placing ...Literacy
Another case of the missing library
Steven just remarked on the Educause training toolkit for information literacy that somehow missed the fact that libraries have been working on it for some time. D’oh! This presentation on an Annenberg School-sponsored media survey also struck me as a place where “library” as a source of information is noticeably absent. (So are books.) Admittedly, the focus is on how media can recapture people’s attention as a trusted source of information, and it’s really focused on “how do we get consumers to pay attention to our advertising so we can recover that revenue stream.” But still … the survey asked about where people turn to find trusted information. The library is not one of the options. (See especially slides 20 and 24.) The survey focused entirely on sources of information that can be optimized for advertising dollars - and how to drive the public toward news media for purchasing decisions - so they may have just decided libraries don’t belong on the list. But when they ask about “where you go for information” and libraries aren’t there, it suggests value is only attached to information sources that exist to generate advertising dollars and stock dividends. The study reports that people are increasingly skeptical about mass media and that “word of mouth” is more important than being told what to read through PR and marketing. In other words, you PR flaks have shot yourselves in the foot and are now trying to learn how to talk like a human. Maybe our users need to get a little more outspoken. Libraries have net assets worth billions! You can claim your dividend every time you use them! You can use them online with no pay wall! And no harvesting of personal information or annoying banner ads! I think we have an edge, here, if only we were able to get the word out. (Source: ACRLog)Dyslexia
Extraneous bodily movements and irrelevant vocalizations by dyslexic and non-dyslexic boys during calculation tasks
Thirty dyslexic boys, aged between 9 and 15 years, and 30 age-matched controls were tested on a series of sums involving division, subtraction and addition. During the testing a record was kept of any bodily movements or verbal utterances (vocalizations) irrelevant to the task in hand. It was found that the dyslexics produced many more extraneous bodily movements and many more irrelevant vocalizations than did the controls. Possible reasons for these findings are tentatively suggested. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (Source: Dyslexia)ADHD
Richmond child-neglect case sent to grand jury
... He testified that Wright volunteered the information that her 10-year-old son was diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and had a history of violent, aggressive behavior: setting a house on fire, placing ...ESL
Ways To Incorporate Daily Reading Activities With Children
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