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1. Literacy: Literacy is the ability to read or write at adequate levels, by means of a language. Literacy is generally considered to be crucial for many forms of employment and higher education. [100%] 2023-02-15 [Linguistics] [Phonics]...
2. Literacy: The traditional definition of literacy is considered to be the ability to read and write, or the ability to use language to read, write, listen, and speak. In modern contexts, the word refers to reading and writing at a level ... [100%] 2023-12-18 [Human skills] [Reading]...
3. Literacy: Literacy is the competency with which a person uses written language to communicate - specifically, to read and write. Along with numeracy, it is one of the important foundations in education and one of the goals of schooling. [100%] 2023-08-14
4. Literacy: This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title or concept. If an internal link referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. [100%] 2023-12-16 [Computer literacy]
5. Literacy: Literacy is usually defined as the ability to read and write, or the ability to use language to read, write, listen, and speak. In modern contexts, the word refers to reading and writing at a level adequate for communication, or ... [100%] 2023-02-04
6. Literacy: Literacy is usually defined as the ability to read and write, or the ability to use language to read, write, listen, and speak. In modern contexts, the word refers to reading and writing at a level adequate for communication, or ... [100%] 2023-02-04
7. Literacy: Literacy is usually defined as the ability to read and write, or the ability to use language to read, write, listen, and speak. In modern contexts, the word refers to reading and writing at a level adequate for communication, or ... [100%] 2023-02-03
8. Literacy: Literacy in its broadest sense describes "particular ways of thinking about and doing reading and writing" with the purpose of understanding or expressing thoughts or ideas in written form in some specific context of use. In other words, humans in ... (Ability to read and write) [100%] 2023-12-18 [Literacy] [Applied linguistics]...
9. Literacy: Literacy is traditionally defined as the ability to read and write. In the modern world, this is one way of interpreting literacy. (Philosophy) [100%] 2023-12-18 [Applied linguistics] [Knowledge]...
10. Literacy Test: The Literacy Test was a feature of laws instituted in states controlled by the Democrat Party after the Reconstruction. It required voters to prove their literacy before voting, except those whom the grandfather clause exempted because their ancestors had been ... [70%] 2023-02-22 [United States History] [Civil Rights]...
11. Risk Literacy: Risk Literacy is understood as the ability to perceive the risk of individuals, communities and/or the environment they are exposed to and a derive appropriate decision for risk mitigation from the awarness about the risks. The term's meaning ... [70%] 2023-03-19 [Open Community Approach] [Learning]...
12. ICT Literacy: Resources for learning how to use computers and the Internet: ICT Literacy covers the skills using ICT, awareness about available methods, technologies and services and Risk Literacy to operate as an informed decision maker. [70%] 2023-04-01 [ICT Literacy (Social Entrepreneurship)] [Risk Literacy]...
13. Cultural Literacy: Cultural literacy is the ability to understand and recognize key concepts, allusions, and references that are an essential part of a given culture. For example, a culturally literate American, when presented with the phrase "Fourscore and seven years ago," will ... [70%] 2023-02-21 [Culture]
14. Health Literacy: Health Literacy Defined According to Healthy People 2010 health literacy is defined as "The degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions." (To read to ... [70%] 2023-03-10 [Health]
15. Wellbeing Literacy: Wellbeing literacy is defined as the intentional use of wellbeing relevant vocabulary, knowledge and language skills to maintain or improve the wellbeing of oneself, others and the world. The term was originally coined and published by Prof. (Medicine) [70%] 2023-09-20 [Mental health]
16. Literacy test: A literacy test assesses a person's literacy skills: their ability to read and write. Literacy tests have been administered by various governments, particularly to immigrants. (Examination of a person's ability to read and write) [70%] 2024-07-31 [History of voting rights in the United States] [Elections in the United States]...
17. Quranic Literacy Institute: The Quranic Literacy Institute was established as a non-profit organization based outside of Chicago, Illinois. The Quranic Literacy Institute was established to translate sacred Islamic texts from Arabic to English and to publish the translated versions. [57%] 2022-12-20 [Islamic organizations based in the United States]
18. World Literacy Foundation: The World Literacy Foundation (WLF) is a global not-for-profit that works to lift young people out of poverty through literacy. Founded in Melbourne, Australia in 2003, the World Literacy Foundation operates on the principle that education is a ... (Organization) [57%] 2023-10-28 [Educational foundations]
19. Indigenous Literacy Foundation: The Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) is an Australian not-for-profit founded in 2011 that works to address the educational disadvantages faced by Indigenous Australian children and young people by providing access to books and literacy programs. ILF was set ... [57%] 2024-01-13 [Educational charities based in Australia] [Organizations established in 2011]...
20. Youth Literacy Organisation: Youth Literacy Organisation (YouLI) is a non-profit NGO registered in the Republic of Rwanda, founded by Gilbert Rwabigwi in 2009. Its mission is to foster literacy and learning as a lifelong process. (Education and learning non-profit) [57%] 2023-10-30 [Literacy advocates] [Youth organisations based in Rwanda]...
21. Nicaraguan Literacy Campaign: The Nicaraguan Literacy Campaign (Spanish: Cruzada Nacional de Alfabetización, CNA) was a campaign launched in 1980 by the Sandinista government in order to reduce illiteracy in Nicaragua. It was awarded the prestigious UNESCO Literacy Award. (1980 literacy campaign by the Sandinista government) [57%] 2023-06-06 [Nicaraguan Revolution] [Sandinista National Liberation Front]...
22. Water Literacy Foundation: Water Literacy Foundation is a non-governmental environmental organisation based in Bangalore, Karnataka, whose high goal is to make India a "water efficient nation" by raising awareness about water scarcity and establishing rainwater harvesting in all areas of India. Ayyappa ... (Organization) [57%] 2023-10-23 [Conservation organizations]
23. Indigenous Literacy Foundation: Template:Infobox Charity The Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) is an Australian not-for-profit founded in 2011 that works to address the educational disadvantages faced by Indigenous Australian children and young people by providing access to books and literacy programs ... (Organization) [57%] 2024-06-27 [Educational foundations]
24. Literacy in China: When the People's Republic of China was founded in 1949, more than 400 million of the country's more than 500 million people were illiterate, and the illiteracy rate was about 80 percent, including over 95 percent in rural ... (none) [57%] 2024-08-15 [Literacy by country] [History of education in China]...
25. World Literacy Crusade: World Literacy Crusade (WLC) was a non-profit organisation formed in 1992 by the Rev. Alfreddie Johnson to fight illiteracy, and supported by the Church of Scientology. (Scientology front group) [57%] 2024-10-03 [Scientology-related controversies]
26. Test of Economic Literacy: The Test of Economic Literacy or TEL is a standardized test of economics nationally norm-referenced in the United States for use in upper-grade levels of high schools. It is one of four grade-level specific standardized economics tests ... (Finance) [50%] 2023-07-15 [Economics education]
27. Asian Health Literacy Association: The Asian Health Literacy Association (AHLA; Chinese: 亞洲健康識能學會) is an association which aims to provide an overview of the health literacy status in Asia and to measure health literacy levels across Asia. The study involves close collaboration between universities, research institutions ... [50%] 2023-12-18 [Medical and health organizations based in Taiwan]
28. Communications in Information Literacy: Communications in Information Literacy is a biannual peer-reviewed open access academic journal covering the area of information literacy in higher education. It was established in 2007 and the editors-in-chief are Stewart Brower (University of Oklahoma), Christopher V. [50%] 2022-06-29 [Library science journals] [Biannual journals]...
29. Research on Media Literacy: The dominant research paradigm for media literacy education is qualitative research. Case studies by Kist (2004) show the range of ways that teachers from urban, suburban and rural communities are incorporating visual and digital texts, tools, and technologies, particularly in ... [50%] 2023-03-27 [Media] [Media literacy]...
30. Literacy in American Lives: Literacy in American Lives (2001) is a book by Deborah Brandt that depicts the dynamic conditions of literacy learning for Americans born between 1895 and 1985. Brandt uses the idea of Sponsors of Literacy as an analytical framework for approaching ... (2001 book by Deborah Brandt) [50%] 2023-12-29 [Literacy]
31. Computer literacy: Computer literacy is defined as the knowledge and ability to use computers and related technology efficiently, with skill levels ranging from elementary use to computer programming and advanced problem solving. Computer literacy can also refer to the comfort level someone ... (Skill in using computers and digital technology) [70%] 2022-09-16 [Computer literacy]
32. Media literacy: Media Literacy Defined In the United States, the most widely used definition of media literacy is "the ability to access, analyze, evaluate and communicate messages in a wide variety of forms." This definition was a collaborative result of participants who ... [70%] 2023-03-31 [Media literacy] [Curriculum]...
33. Computational literacy: Computational literacy is either a synonym for computer literacy (or similar) or it can refer to a new form of thinking related to procedural literacy and more advanced components of digital literacy. Often the two perspectives are combined, e.g. [70%] 2024-01-19 [literacy] [computer literacy]...
34. Health literacy: Health literacy is the ability to obtain, read, understand, and use healthcare information in order to make appropriate health decisions and follow instructions for treatment. There are multiple definitions of health literacy, in part, because health literacy involves both the ... (Medicine) [70%] 2023-01-05 [Health care]
35. Digital literacy: Digital literacy is the “ability to access, process, understand and create information or media content in the digital environment” (Hsieh, 2012). ). [70%] 2024-01-26 [Computer literacy] [Literacy]...
36. Computational literacy: Computational literacy is either a synonym for computer literacy (or similar) or it can refer to a new form of thinking related to procedural literacy and more advanced components of digital literacy. Often the two perspectives are combined, e.g. [70%] 2024-01-26 [literacy] [computer literacy]...
37. Network literacy: Network literacy is an emerging digital literacy that deals with computer network knowledge and skills. It is linked to computer literacy and information literacy. [70%] 2023-09-06 [Computing and society] [Technology in society]...
38. Media literacy: A classical definition of Media literacy is “media literacy is the ability to access, analyse, evaluate and create messages across a variety of contexts” (Livingstone, 2004) See also: Media literacy education in the US, according to Hobbs and Jensen (2009 ... [70%] 2024-01-10 [literacy]
39. Financial literacy: Financial literacy is the possession of the set of skills and knowledge that allows an individual to make informed and effective decisions with all of their financial resources. Raising interest in personal finance is now a focus of state-run ... (Finance) [70%] 2023-01-19 [Financial economics]
40. Racial literacy: Racial literacy is a concept developed by sociologist France Winddance Twine. She describes it as "a form of racial socialization and antiracist training that .. (Social) [70%] 2022-10-15 [Sociological terminology] [Sociological theories]...
41. Information literacy: According to the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) ] (2008, retrieved March 2016), “Information literacy is a set of abilities requiring individuals to "recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the ... [70%] 2023-12-30
42. Social literacy: Social literacy, from the perspective of the social-cultural theory, is more than the ability to read and write, and more than mastering literacy skills. Children can learn literacy through social interaction between themselves and children and/or adults in ... [70%] 2023-07-14 [Literacy] [Sociolinguistics]...
43. Health literacy: In health care delivery, health literacy is the "degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions." Markers of possible impaired health literacy are self-report ... [70%] 2023-07-22
44. Quantitative literacy: In education and literacy, quantitative literacy (also called numeracy) is "the knowledge and skills required to apply arithmetic operations, either alone or sequentially, using numbers embedded in printed materials; for example, balancing a checkbook, figuring out a tip, completing an ... [70%] 2022-08-18
45. Musical literacy: Musical literacy is the reading, writing, and playing of music, as well an understanding of cultural practice and historical and social contexts. Music literacy and music education are frequently talked about relationally and causatively, however they are not interchangeable terms ... [70%] 2023-04-11 [Literacy] [Music theory]...
46. Data literacy: Data literacy is the ability to read, understand, create, and communicate data as information. Much like literacy as a general concept, data literacy focuses on the competencies involved in working with data. (Data literacy is utilizing data to translate it into understandable information) [70%] 2023-04-24 [Mathematics education] [Big data]...
47. Digital literacy: Digital literacy is the “ability to access, process, understand and create information or media content in the digital environment” (Hsieh, 2012). ). [70%] 2023-12-15 [Computer literacy] [Literacy]...
48. Health literacy: Health literacy is the ability to obtain, read, understand, and use healthcare information in order to make appropriate health decisions and follow instructions for treatment. There are multiple definitions of health literacy, in part, because health literacy involves both the ... (Ability to understand healthcare information) [70%] 2023-10-26 [Health care] [Health education]...