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INDEX
Achieve, Inc.
ACT (American College Testing)
activism.
See
culture wars
adolescents.
See
teens and young adults;
specific issues
adults.
See
mentors; parents
Advertising Council
a-literacy.
See
anti-intellectualism
Alliance for Excellent Education
American Academy of Pediatrics
American College Testing (ACT)
American Competitiveness Initiative
American Council of Trustees and Alumni
American Diploma Project
American Freshman Survey,
American Library Association
American Political Science Association
American Time Use Surveys
(ATUS)
Andrukonis, David
anti-intellectualism
New Left culture war and
ramifications of
rejection of cultural tradition
screen time as reinforcement of
unconcern over
Apple Store
Armour, Stephanie
Arnett, Jeffrey
Arnold, Matthew
arts and cultural opportunities -
ArtShow
study (Heath and Smyth)
assessments and tests.
See
ignorance
ATUS (
American Time Use Surveys
)
Bell, Daniel
Bellow, Saul
Benavot, Aaron
Bennett, Stephen and Linda
Bierman, Noah
Bird, Malcolm
BISG (Book Industry Study Group)
blogs
Bloom, Allan
Boehlert, Sherwood
Bomer, Randy
Book Industry Study Group (BISG)
Book Manufacturers’ Institute
books.
See
leisure reading; reading and literacy
Brookings Institution
Brooks, David
Buell, John
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S.
Bush, George W.
Business Roundtable
Carlson, Scott
Carnegie Corporation
Cassar, Ken
cell phones
Centers for Disease Control
civics
heightened moral sense
ignorance of political and world affairs -
intellectuals and
leisure trends and
newspaper readership
political blogs
Rip Van Winkle story
role of debate and contention
role of newspapers
traditional learning and
volunteerism
Cleaver, Eldridge
Clink, Henry C.
cognitive development
aptitudes and thought patterns
IQ scores
learning disabilities
multitasking
sophistication of program content and
spatial reasoning vs. learned content
through unfamiliar experiences
verbal skills
video games and -
Web’s failure to enhance
college students
civic and historical knowledge, ignorance of
College Republicans
delinquency and negligence
detachment from instructors
dropout rate
e-mindset
enrollment statistics
foreign students
homework time
indulgence of
knowledge surveys of
long-term disadvantages
overconfidence
readiness for college
reading, aversion to
remedial coursework
research skills, lack of
SDS (Students for a Democratic Society)
on technology in classroom
television time
Web site preferences
writing skills
youth movements -
Conference Board
Conkey, Christopher
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Côté, James
Cuban, Larry
cultural opportunities
culture wars
breakdown of familiar niches
ideological disagreements
New Left
New York Intellectuals
role of traditional knowledge in
self-centrism vs. traditionalism
youth movements -
Cunningham, Anne E.
Department of Education, U.S.
Dickinson, Emily
Dickstein, Morris
digital learning.
See
screen media in education
digital technology.
See
technology
Dorman, Joseph
DotNets.
See
teens and young adults;
specific issues
Douglass, Frederick
Downes, Stephen
Du Bois, W. E. B.
education.
See
college students; school; screen media in education; traditional knowledge
Educational Testing Service (ETS)
EDUCAUSE
Eisner, Jane
e-learning.
See
screen media in education
e-literacy
Englebart, Douglas
Epstein, Joseph
E-Rate subsidies
Erskine, John
ETS (Educational Testing Service)
Executive Summary of the State Legislatures
Fanton, Jonathan
Federation of American Scientists
fine arts and cultural opportunities
Finn, Chester E.
Flynn, James/Flynn Effect
Fordham Foundation
Forrester Research
Foundation for Individual Rights in Education
Fukuyama, Francis
Gallup polls
games
benefits attributed to
in classrooms
tween and teen usage
Gardner, Howard
Gates, Bill
Gee, James
Generation Y.
See
teens and young adults;
specific issues
Gioia, Dana
Gitlin, Todd
Gladwell, Malcolm
Glassman, James
Glazer, Nathan
Grafton, Anthony
Gravois, John
Grossman, Lev
Hall, G. Stanley
Hall, Jacquelyn Dowd
Hargittai, Esther
Harris Interactive Polls
Harry Potter books
Healy, Jane
Heath, Shirley Brice
Heskovitz, Marshall
Hickok, Eugene
higher education.
See
college students
Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA
High School Survey of Student Engagement
(HSSSE)
historical knowledge
home environment, screen media in
homework time
Hopf, Harry Arthur
Horatio Alger Association
Horowitz, David
Howe, Irving
Howe, Neil
HSSSE (
High School Survey of Student Engagement
)
Hu, Winnie
Hymowitz, Kay
ICT (Information and Communications Technology).
See
screen media in education
ignorance
assessments and surveys of knowledge
of civics and history -
despite opportunities to learn