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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
6 s& a; c% P: d: o' {' \9 K He's part of "Generation M" - those born after 1985 who 51 up connected to everything from video game to cellphones.
' D' }8 G+ [; z K! L "For us, it's everyday life," said Juarez, 18, a freshman 52 California State University at Sacramento (CSUS).! y9 O+ K, y. W+ p$ s. @8 m; m) |
53 , educators are now saying that not all Generation M-ers can synthesize the piles of information they're accessing.: T. F, e( ~. |8 Z" 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, X- p: M7 d5 G- j, X
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.
0 c w9 }9 b& E# R i About 130 Sacramento State students, including Juarez, participated in the experimental test, 58 to 6,300 college students across the country.; t. E" c& f$ ?; l6 \7 F* f( T
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.
# ]( k$ K: ~( J: T; ~4 d "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.
0 a/ {( K! S1 M/ f "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.$ D" a6 ] Y( t( r, A7 z" `
"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.- g2 p/ d H+ S
"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.% ]' b2 y2 y! t
Measuring how well students can "sort the good 64 the bad" on the Internet has become a higher priority for CSU, Roth said.
% M0 Y: l! i& D* | 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% E7 b4 u; |$ V9 N; 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.
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