Developing a Community of Critically Literate Consumers . . . One Close Label-Reading at a Time

Autor/in	Reissman, Rose Cherie
Titel	Developing a Community of Critically Literate Consumers . . . One Close Label-Reading at a Time
Quelle	In: Voices from the Middle, 20 (2012) 1, S.58-61 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1074-4762
Schlagwörter	Middle Schools; Middle School Students; Merchandise Information; Consumer Economics; Nutrition; Marketing + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Middle school; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Middle schools; Student; Students; Schüler; Schülerin; Konsumökonomie; Ernährung
Abstract	This article focuses on middle school students analyzing product labels. The labels were analyzed in terms of which facts they purported to impart and to what extent these so-called facts tallied with actual data and scientific/health analyses of the products. Students then reworded the labels to include only documented facts. They also shared the results of their research with the companies producing the products. The strategy shared is a replicable student-centered vocabulary and consumer strategy that integrates health, nutrition, and language analysis in an authentic fashion. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10