Improve Computer-research Skills
$ c. u# F! Q, {( a Like many college students, Jose Juarez carries around a pocket-sized computer that lets him watch movies, surf the Internet and text-message his friends.来源:考试大* C, R- @, R' Z- ~
He's part of "Generation M" - those born after 1985 who 51 up connected to everything from video game to cellphones.) | E' p1 \! p8 G3 d2 R
"For us, it's everyday life," said Juarez, 18, a freshman 52 California State University at Sacramento (CSUS). ]' u7 n- L$ `: F
53 , educators are now saying that not all Generation M-ers can synthesize the piles of information they're accessing.
@* b" M, h9 `4 T% Z "They're geeky, but they don't know what to 54 with their geekdom," said Barbara O'Connor, a Sacramento State communications studies professor who has been involved in a nationwide 55 to improve students' computer-research skills.www.ExamW.CoM
; ]0 N# e7 l- j5 J4 e In a recent nationwide test to 56 their technological "literacy" - their ability to use the Internet to complete class assignments - only 49 percent correctly evaluated a set of Web sites for objectivity, authority and timeliness. Only 35 per cent could correctly narrow an overly 57 Internet search.& S' ^% p2 o. l0 o0 Y' Z
About 130 Sacramento State students, including Juarez, participated in the experimental test, 58 to 6,300 college students across the country.2 D2 |: @7 V2 p! W; ]) d
The hour-long assessment test is conducted by Educational Testing Service. It is a web-based scavenger hunt (拾荒游戏) 59 simulated Internet search engines and academic databases that spit out purposely misleading information.
2 R6 R0 b% r0 [! V# l4 } "They're very good at 60 in and using the Internet, but don't always understand what they get back," said Linda Goff, head of instructional services for the CSUS library.
' p! d4 d# g/ u. ~$ }6 a+ I "You see an open search box, you type in a few words and you 61 the button," said Goff, who is involved in the testing./ Z, d0 w. ~2 W6 _0 K. D' h
"They take at face value 62 shows up at the top of the list as the best stuff." Educators say that these sloppy research skills are troubling.
7 A0 b2 [, A- x9 m: n "We look at that as a foundational skill, in the same way we 63 math and English as a foundational skill," said Lorie Roth, assistant vice-chancellor for academic programmes in the CSU system.. g& }. _; x( G
Measuring how well students can "sort the good 64 the bad" on the Internet has become a higher priority for CSU, Roth said.7 l, l/ f( b5 W8 L" H4 e* K: `
CSU is considering 65 a mandatory assessment test on technological literacy for all freshmen, much as it has required English and math placement tests since the 1980s.$ N, [ J* G, }( y$ x' [
Students in freshman seminars at Sacramento State were asked to take the test early in the semester and were expected to finish another round this week to measure their improvement.8 `9 P, ]' @& C' i4 z( J3 v1 J2 i
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