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Development and Validation of the Information Literacy Assessment Scale for Education (ILAS-ED). [PDF]

, 2005
No population exists where it is more important to produce information literate individuals than teacher candidates, yet few would suggest that practitioners newly entering the field are adequately prepared to model and teach information literacy to ...
Beile, Penny
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A Global Prospective Harmonization Framework for Suicidality, Anhedonia, and Obsessive‐Compulsive Symptoms in Psychiatric Genetic Studies: A Cross‐Continental Study Within the Ancestral Population Network

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study aims to prospectively collect harmonized, quantitative, and dimensional psychiatric phenotypes (suicidality, anhedonia, and obsessive‐compulsive symptoms) and information on discrimination, stigma, and unfair treatment in up to 27,500 individuals across diverse ancestries and clinical populations for genetic analysis within the NIMH
Ana M. Diaz‐Zuluaga, Jacey L. Anderberg, Ana M. Ramirez‐Diaz, Andrea Horvath Marques, Catherine E. Rast, Daniel Bustamante, Deborah Jonker, Johanna Valencia‐Echeverry, Joseph Kyebuzibwa, Josselyn S. Muñoz, Kristien van der Walt, Mauricio Castaño Ramirez, Olivia Wootton, Renee M. Frederick, Rocky E. Stroud II, Ruben Gur, Sang Jin Rhee, Shaili C. Jha, Stella Gichuru, Susan Service, Victor I. Reus, Akena Dickens, Carlos Lopez‐Jaramillo, Carrie E. Bearden, Dan J. Stein, Ezra S. Susser, James J. Crowley, Jonathan Flint, Kenneth S. Kendler, Lukoye Atwoli, Michele T. Pato, Nelson B. Freimer, Roel A. Ophoff, Yong Min Ahn, Loes Olde Loohuis, Eric A. Storch, Bizu Gelaye   +36 more
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Literacy and numeracy assessments of adult English language learners [PDF]

, 2014
This report is an attempt to answer questions about the extent to which the Assessment Tool can reasonably and legitimately be used to assess the literacy and numeracy of English language learners, on the basis of a descriptive study of skills (as ...
Chris Lane
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The Role of the University Library in supporting Information Literacy in UK Secondary Schools [PDF]

, 2006
Purpose – The purpose of this research is to report on the findings of the CrossEd-2 study which investigated the role of the university library in delivering information literacy skills relating to the use of e-resources to secondary schools in the UK.
Chris Armstrong, Armstrong, Chris, Lonsdale, Ray, Ray Lonsdale   +3 more
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Analysis of the mediating effect between ehealth literacy and health self-management of undergraduate nursing students’ mental health literacy

BMC Nursing
Background Good health self-management positively affects the health of healthcare providers and their ability to manage their patients’ health. This study explored the relationship between ehealth literacy, health self-management skills, and mental ...
Shuang Zhang, WeiWei Wang, Shan Wu, Hong Ye, LiXiao Dong, JingRu Wang, XiaoTong Ning, HuiXia Cui   +7 more
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Transition From Primary to Secondary School: Igniting Attendance and Engagement Among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students Through National Policy Reform

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Australia's Closing the Gap reform aims to address disparities experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. There are specific targets focussed on key educational transitions; yet, the transition to secondary education is not a targeted priority.
Azhar Hussain Potia, Kai W. Wheeler, Tracy Woodroffe, Karen Thorpe   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Literacy, Numeracy and Labour Market Outcomes in Canada [PDF]

Most research on the contribution of human capital to economic growth and its role in the distribution of income uses indirect measures of human capital such as educational attainment and work experience.
W Craig Riddell, David A Green
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Developing independent learning skills via the web [PDF]

, 2003
This poster presentation examines the impact of the web-based resources produced to develop information literacy and research skills required to complete the dissertation module for a BSc in Information Management. This module was selected because of its
Andretta, Susie
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Measuring Child Disadvantage: Comparing Multidimensional and Socioeconomic Approaches for Predicting Developmental Outcomes

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Robust measurement of disadvantage is essential to identifying and addressing inequities in children's development. We tested how a multidimensional framework of child disadvantage performed relative to a traditional socioeconomic position (SEP) approach to predict developmental outcomes.
Wei Hong, Fiona Mensah, Elodie O'Connor, Shuaijun Guo, Sharon Goldfeld, Meredith O'Connor, Cindy Pham, Sarah Gray   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

From cornerstone to capstone: information literacy collaboration across the curriculum

, 2013
Librarians and academics alike are passionate about how students engage with scholarly information. We want students to build on their existing information literacy skills when they commence university and to graduate with the information skills needed ...
Salisbury, Fiona, Corbin, Jenny, Peseta, Tai   +2 more
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