Adolescent literacy has captured the attention of policy makers in the United States as evidence has emerged of students’ poor performance compared to many other nations (UNESCO Institute for Statistics, 2003, 2007). As one response, school districts across the United States have been cutting social studies classes and extending Language Arts classes in an effort to raise literacy scores. This ...

this study aims to examine the strategies utilized by eleven postgraduate students in an efl university context in their attempts to acquire the textual practices of their discipline. first- and second-year ma students, one ph.d. student as well as individuals who had completed their ma programs in tefl took part in interviews in order to elicit the strategies they used when they endeavored to ...

conclusions those with inadequate health literacy had lower kidney knowledge and lower adherence compared to those with adequate health literacy. after controlling for education, health literacy was significantly associated with kidney knowledge and adherence. patients with higher health literacy had higher kidney knowledge and adherence behaviors. in addition, knowledge was a mediator of healt...

This research studies the moderating effect of country-specific social connectedness on the relation between financial literacy and stock market participation. This is done by using the extensive and multi-country SHARE data. The positive relation between financial literacy and stock market participation is reconfirmed. Moreover, the findings show that country-specific social connectedness sign...

Nutrition literacy and food literacy have become increasingly important concepts in health promotion. Researchers use one or the other term to describe the competencies needed to maintain a healthy diet. This systematic review examines whether these terms are synonymous or if their meanings are substantially different.We searched major bibliographic databases (Web of Science, PubMed, ScienceDir...

in this paper, i attempt to bring together approaches to literacy in theory and in practice, drawing upon various activities i have been involved in over the years–research in iranian villages during the 1970s; linking research and theory to literacy policy, with particular reference to a contribution to the unesco global monitoring report in 2004 and involvement in an ongoing adult literacy tr...

This paper discusses the information literacy requirements of art and design students, and how traditional approaches to information literacy education are not always appropriate for these particular students. The paper argues that different, creative, and innovative approaches to information literacy training need to be developed with the specific learning styles of this group of students in m...

Disciplinary literacy is an increasingly popular focal area in adolescent literacy. In disciplinary literacy, the discourse features of specific knowledge domains (e.g., literature, history, science, and math) assume major importance in understanding and constructing meaning in each discipline. Because language plays a significant role in disciplinary literacy, speech–language pathologists (SLP...