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Tag Archives: literacy
Test & improve financial literacy
How’s your financial IQ? According to the executive summary of the FINRA Investor Education Foundation‘s 2009 report “Financial Capability in the United States,” respondents to a national survey demonstrated a low level of financial literacy. Here are couple of places … Continue reading
New Stuff Tuesday – July 21
Reading Japan Cool: Patterns of Manga Literacy and Discourse By John Ingulsrud and Kate Allen PN6790 .J3 I54 2009 New Book Island, 2nd floor When you were younger, did you read comic books? Did your parents give you a hard … Continue reading
Know your history & civics? Quiz
The USA Weekend for April 11-13, 2008 reported how poorly 14,000 seniors and freshmen at 50 institutions of higher education performed on a quiz about basic U.S. history and civics: the average score was a mere 52%, which probably included … Continue reading
New Stuff Tuesday – January 15
Book Crush: For Kids and Teens Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment and Interest by Nancy Pearl Z1037 .P35 2007 New Book Island, 2nd floor Have you ever been so into a book that you couldn’t put it down? Maybe … Continue reading
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