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Jones, Stan; Gabrielsen, Egil; Hagston, Jan; Linnakyla, Pirjo; Megherbi, Hakima; Sabatini, John; Troster, Monika; Vidal-Abarca, Eduardo – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2009
Governments and other stakeholders are increasingly interested in assessing the skills of their adult populations in order to monitor how well prepared they are for the challenges of the modern knowledge-based society. The current paper provides an overview of the conceptual framework guiding the development of the assessment of literacy in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Literacy, Reading Skills, Competence
Rouet, Jean-Francois; Betrancourt, Mirelle; Britt, M. Anne; Bromme, Rainer; Graesser, Arthur C.; Kulikowich, Jonna M.; Leu, Donald J.; Ueno, Naoki; van Oostendorp, Herre – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2009
Governments and other stakeholders have become increasingly interested in assessing the skills of their adult populations for the purposes of monitoring how well prepared they are for the challenges of the new information world. The current paper provides an overview of the conceptual framework developed for the assessment of problem solving in…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Information Technology, Foreign Countries, Educational Technology
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Qi, Chen – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1988
Reports the history, instruction, teacher training, and evaluation of a computer-programing course in China. Suggests some questions and problems relating to the course. (YP)
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Computer Literacy, Computers, Foreign Countries
Leh, Amy S. C.; Gazda, Russ – 1998
This article reports on two academic courses related to visual literacy: Videology and the Internet. The two projects are examples of how young learners can be educated and prepared for a visual world via courses in visual literacy. The article provides an overview of the impact of television on American society, describes each project, discusses…
Descriptors: Behaviorism, Cognitive Ability, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy