It is well-established that phonological skills are important for literacy acquisition in all scripts. However, the role of visual skills is less well understood. For logographic scripts in which a symbol represents a whole word or a meaningful unit, the importance of visual memory in literacy acquisition might be expected to be high because of the visual complexity of logographic characters, b...

this article a social constructionist approach to information technology (IT) literacy is introduced. This approach contributes to the literature on IT literacy by introducing the concept of IT self as a description of the momentary, context-dependent, and multilayered nature of interpretations of IT competencies. In the research literature , IT literacy is often defined as sets of basic skills...

In this paper, we present Sam, an embodied conversational storyteller who tells stories interactively with children. Sam was designed to appear as a peer to preschool children, but to tell stories in a developmentally advanced way in order to model narrative skills important for literacy. Literacy learning learning how to read and write, begins long before children enter school. One of the key ...

INTRODUCTION People with limited health literacy are more likely to make medication errors, and they have less health knowledge, worse health status, more hospitalizations, and higher healthcare costs than people with adequate literacy. The objective of this study is to assess the health literacy status among patients who are able to read and understand English attending a tertiary care hospita...

OBJECTIVE Patients with low health literacy have difficulty understanding prescription drug labels and other medication instructions. This article describes the development, implementation, and preliminary evaluation of an illustrated medication schedule (a "pill card") that depicts a patient's daily medication regimen using pill images and icons. METHODS Participants in a randomized controll...

Introduction The ability to express ideas in a computationally meaningful way is becoming an increasingly important skill (National Research Council, 2010, 2011; Papert, 1980, 1993; Wilensky, 2001; Wing, 2006). diSessa (2000) argues that being able to express ideas in a computationally meaningful way can serve as the foundation of a powerful new literacy that will have widespread positive effec...

This study examines the association between health literacy and adherence to low-salt diet practices among individuals with hypertension. Health literacy is the ability of individuals to understand and utilize health information. We surveyed 238 patients with hypertension from a primary care clinic in Charlotte, NC. We assessed health literacy and self-reported low-salt diet. Logistic regressio...

For the past 20 years or more, the issue of computer literacy has been on the forefront of education and employment. Since the evolution of the personal computer, human resource recruiters have identified computer literacy as a viable skill essential for prospective employees. Computer literacy necessitates understanding and knowledge of computer usage with the ability to retrieve, organize, an...

Original scientific paper Computer literacy is essential in today's world. Particularly college and university graduates are expected to possess adequate knowledge and skills in using information and communication technologies (ICT). Starting from this premise, this paper presents the results of the research conducted in order to determine computer literacy levels among Croatian students. In th...

Literacy learning — learning how to read and write — begins long before children enter school. One of the key skills to reading and writing is the ability to represent thoughts symbolically and share them in language with an audience who may not necessarily share the same temporal and spatial context. Children learn and practice these important language skills everyday, telling stories with the...