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Daithi · 09-16-2011, 08:58 AM

I don't think it has anything to do with with computers, and iPods, and cellphones, etc. When I was kid (I'm 45) my elders used to complain about us kids not playing outside and watching too much TV, etc.

I'm not even 100% sure that kids do in fact have less reading ability than previous generations. After all, kids do read more than previous generations. This generation uses Wikipedia, and reads internet news articles, and the latest gossip on TV personalities, etc. This makes me wonder about the validity of the testing. Maybe this generation of kids has a harder time knowing when to use 'affect' vs. 'effect', and it is testing on these kinds of details that are truly being reported and not reading ability.

09-16-2011, 08:58 AM	#13
Daithi Publishers are evil! Posts: 2,418 Karma: 36205264 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Rhode Island Device: Various Kindles	I don't think it has anything to do with with computers, and iPods, and cellphones, etc. When I was kid (I'm 45) my elders used to complain about us kids not playing outside and watching too much TV, etc. I'm not even 100% sure that kids do in fact have less reading ability than previous generations. After all, kids do read more than previous generations. This generation uses Wikipedia, and reads internet news articles, and the latest gossip on TV personalities, etc. This makes me wonder about the validity of the testing. Maybe this generation of kids has a harder time knowing when to use 'affect' vs. 'effect', and it is testing on these kinds of details that are truly being reported and not reading ability. Last edited by Daithi; 09-16-2011 at 09:01 AM.