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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8 Q, D4 ~$ Q/ V+ k
He's part of "Generation M" - those born after 1985 who 51 up connected to everything from video game to cellphones.7 ]. H# X* f# p3 u5 h, l: Y
"For us, it's everyday life," said Juarez, 18, a freshman 52 California State University at Sacramento (CSUS).1 }' a& i2 }" M/ @2 d5 F6 m
53 , educators are now saying that not all Generation M-ers can synthesize the piles of information they're accessing.
5 D& s; v: u( ?7 s$ G "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* g4 L j) y/ V& Q1 e- K. B9 [
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.
* U+ h4 F+ P, F) J0 } About 130 Sacramento State students, including Juarez, participated in the experimental test, 58 to 6,300 college students across the country.$ [+ v! u( w/ K- t2 X0 x2 {+ k; U
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.
# z5 W. q5 J, e* O "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.
3 x) J$ x9 ?7 `$ @' ~# N "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.
# K9 e% B5 [. f' h# P "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.2 W# p0 U! R. p# q
"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.3 j. K0 b; u b1 r
Measuring how well students can "sort the good 64 the bad" on the Internet has become a higher priority for CSU, Roth said.
$ ~( Q/ q; J Z' n2 |7 N 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.( g) c3 x( N0 V" [# E ]# 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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