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Longitudinal Study of Generations, 1971, 1985, 1988, 1991, 1994, 1997: [California] (ICPSR 4076)
Principal Investigator(s): Bengtson, Vern L., University of Southern California-Los Angeles
The Longitudinal Study of Generations (LSOG), initiated in 1971, began as a survey of intergenerational relations among 300 three-generation California families: grandparents (then in their sixties), middle-aged parents (then in their early forties), and grandchildren (then aged 15 to 26). The study broadened in 1991 and now includes a fourth generation, the great-grandchildren of these same families. The LSOG, with a fully elaborated generation-sequential design, allows comparisons of sets of aging parents and children at the same stage of life but during different historical periods. These comparisons make possible the investigation of the effects of social change on inter-generational solidarity or conflict across 35 years and four generations, as well as effects of social change on the ability of families to buffer stressful life transitions (aging, divorce and remarriage, higher female labor force participation, changes in work and the economy, and possible weakening of family norms of obligation), and the effects of social change on the transmission of values, resources, and behaviors across generations. The study also examines how intergenerational relationships influence individuals' well-being as they transition across the life course from early, to middle, to late adulthood. The LSOG contains information on family structure, household composition, affectual solidarity and conflict, values, attitudes, behaviors, role importance, marital relationships, health and fitness, mental health and well-being, caregiving, leisure activities, and life events and concerns. Demographic variables include age, sex, income, employment status, marital status, socioeconomic history, education, religion, ethnicity, and military service.
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Subject Terms: activities of daily living, age, aging, caregivers, children, death, drug use, education, employment, ethnicity, family history, generations, grandchildren, grandparents, household composition, institutional care, intergenerational relations, interpersonal relations, life satisfaction, marital status, mental health, military service, parents, physical condition, political affiliation, race, religion, self concept, siblings
Smallest Geographic Unit: state
Geographic Coverage: California, Los Angeles, United States
- 1991--1997
Unit of Observation: individuals
Universe: Families were drawn randomly from a subscriber list of 840,000 members of a California Health Maintenance Organization in Los Angeles.
Sample: Families were recruited by enlisting a grandfather over the age of 60 who was part of a three-generation family that was willing to participate.
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Presence of Common Scales: Affectual Solidarity Reliability, Consensual Solidarity (Socialization), Associational Solidarity, Functional Solidarity, Intergenerational Social Support, Normative Solidarity, Familism, Structural Solidarity, Intergenerational Feelings of Conflict, Management of Conflict Tactics, Rosenberg Self-Esteem, Depression (CES-D), Locus of Control, Bradburn Affect Balance, Eysenck Extraversion/Neuroticism, Anxiety (Hopkins Symptom Checklist), Activities of Daily Living (IADL/ADL), Religious Ideology, Political Conservatism, Gender Role Ideology, Individualism/Collectivism, Materialism/Humanism, Work Satisfaction, Gilford-Bengtson Marital Satisfaction
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We have to beat teams we are obviously more talented than... simple time to put together a run. Raptors should have the mentality that teams look down on them as a day off game/trap game, Raptors gotta jump on them and play their game for Ws.
Yes we still talking playoffs, or at least be really close to let free agents know "Jeez those guys up North are on the rise"
Pelicans have the #1 draft pick and hes playing great partnered with Vasquez so Lowry and Johnson have some work cut out for them tonight, Austin Rivers im going to call a non factor... Ross should eat his food off the bench such an undeveloped talent right now really a project, bad decision maker, bad shooer (which was one of his strengths hes shooting below 30% ouch, 48% FT shooter ouch, awful back up point guard gets 2-3 ast in 20 minutes a game 4 turnovers a game ouch. So glad we didnt pick him up, Pelicans gotta send him to D-League.
Game Notes:
Fields is still out with Back issues may have to go get it looked at. Been persisting for days.
Bargnani has been showing up everyone in practise Maybe we see "Il Mago" fulltime until he is traded
So to quote Shakespeare
"We must take the current when it serves or lose our ventures" Ride he momentum off of that Pacers upset game and get a streak going.
P.S in other news Calderon is doing great in Detroit had a big game the other night amd I believe we are playing them next.


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And there you have it.
One game the Raptors inspire so much hope and optimism, the next I want to rip my heart out and mail it to the ACC locker room so they can give it a proper stomping.
Nash showed what a great player and leader does. His stat line is not impressive but if you watched the game you know what he did. Gortat must be loving Otis Smith for sending him to PHX.
James Johnson was active but hardly the presence he was vs. Chicago. That is probably not surprising. Only 2 games in, judgement still being formed.
The defense had more holes than swiss cheese tonight. I'll leave it at that. Everyone shoulders the blame. From Bargnani right on down the roster. PHX ran a clinic in team offense and sharing the ball.
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In which case, is that really any different to Dhamma Wheel? I think that if most members were really honest, the principal reason why members join is to have a sense of community with other Buddhists.
Which is not a bad thing...
kind regards,"And what is meant by admirable friendship? There is the case where a lay person, in whatever town or village he may dwell, spends time with householders or householders' sons, young or old, who are advanced in virtue. He talks with them, engages them in discussions. He emulates consummate conviction [in the principle of kamma] in those who are consummate in conviction, consummate virtue in those who are consummate in virtue, consummate generosity in those who are consummate in generosity, and consummate discernment in those who are consummate in discernment. This is called admirable friendship."
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Demography in Frontier Indiana, 1820 (ICPSR 7504)
Principal Investigator(s): Modell, John
Social and demographic characteristics of over 23,000 families living in Indiana in 1820 are contained in this dataset. These data were obtained from the manuscript schedules of the 1820 United States Census. They were initially recorded on punch cards by the Geneological Section of the Indiana Historical Society, the cards were donated to John Modell, at the University of Minnesota, who corrected some discrepancies which he found in them. Included in the dataset are variables describing the age, sex, and racial composition of each household, as well as the location of the households and characteristics of nearly every household located in Indiana in 1820, except for those in Daviess county, whose manuscript census schedules for that year were destroyed.
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now i have no statistical basis for this claim, but i think that AJ could've been an All Star by now if he had gone to college.
What do you think?
now i have no statistical basis for this claim, but i think that AJ could've been an All Star by now if he had gone to college.
What do you think?
A key that opens many locks is a master key, but a lock that gets open by many keys is just a shitty lock
I think you have no stats to back it up.
from what I can remember only kg and Howard have skipped college and been all star big men.
so history isn't on his side. also all other all star big men have either gone to college or played over seas. so history still against him.
I also think that if I had of majored in politics instead of education I could have been a prime minister
Also Andrew Bynum, Amar'e Stoudemire, and Tyson Chandler. And I don't think Josh Smith has actually made an all-star game, but I'd call him and all-star level player. And Al Jefferson's just under that level--he'd have been an all-star by now if he had been on better teams.
Oh yeah, and how could I forget Shawn Kemp?
And if you really wanna go back in time, throw Darryl Dawkins and Connie Hawkins in there too.
can't believe I didn't remember Oneal and amare. silly me.
I love Amir but what the heck is this thread
A key that opens many locks is a master key, but a lock that gets open by many keys is just a shitty lock
Amir - all-star if he went to college? Nope. Still a skinny player with limited offensive skill and is foul prone.
Now we can move on or back to "Is Amir a Legit starting PF?" - which is a much more pertinent question given the Raps current roster and likely options for next season.
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Rather than looking at guys like Stoudemire and Howard, perhaps what we really should be looking for is the last big man to make his first all-star game after 8 seasons in the league. The only guy I can think of is Antonio Davis, who made it in on his 8th year but this was under extenuating circumstances (if I recall it took 3-4 other big men pulling out due to injury before he got called).
If Amir Johnson had gone to college it might have been an even tougher road to the NBA. He would've gone to Louisville and probably would've had to play at least a few seasons in college. The Cards weren't good enough to crack the top 65 in 2005. After that they did, but Amir would be competing for playing time with Earl Clark the rest of the way. Earl Clark was selected 14th overall in 2009. Hard to predict where Amir would've ended up if he'd been buried on Pitino's bench..
your pal,
Something I've been wondering lately about Amir is whether he has any potential as a floor-spacing PF. He's gotten to the point where I'm totally okay with him taking that long 2 from straight away. He's actually been making it from that area at 50% this season, which is better than a lot of floor spacing bigs from the same area (better than Bargnani, Anderson, Nowitzki, Millsap). But he doesn't have the same versatility or range as most of these guys. He's got one spot on the floor where he's reliable from, but any other long two, and his numbers sink significantly.
The big problem with this is that straight-away seems to be the least effective spot for floor spacing. Getting your defender out to the top of the key isn't as effective as getting them out toward the sidelines, which opens up the middle. The other big problem is that his shooting motion basically begins at his knees. I'm shocked that he doesn't get blocked more than he does, with such a long, slow motion. This makes it not really an effective motion for a pick-and-pop, except when his guy leaves him wide open. And he doesn't have enough control that he can really take the ball to the hoop strong if he draws his guy out effectively. He's much better moving without the ball and catching in motion, as on pick-and-rolls. I will say this about him: he knows his game, and thus tends to just shoot from his comfort areas and only when he doesn't feel traffic around him. When his man gets out, he passes off rather than trying to beat him off the dribble.
So what I'm wondering is if there would be any value in having him put in a lot of work on that long jumper in the offseason, particularly from the wings, and try to give him a more useful skill. Is his solid straight-away shooting evidence that he could be similarly effective from other points on the court? Or they could even totally rebuild his shot to a more efficient motion for pick-and-pop shooting? Or would the Raptors would risk breaking a very serviceable big by moving him too far outside his comfort zone?
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Utah Governor Signs Anti-Surcharging Bill
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Ten states in the U.S. ban credit card surcharges on a permanent basis. Utah's ban is set to expire as of June 30, 2014.
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According to the report, major international airlines on average delivered 75.85% of their flights to the arrival gate within 15 minutes of schedule in June, down from May's 80.70%. Cancellations for the group were 1.39%, up a fraction from 1.09% last month. Only six major international carriers delivered over 90% of their flights on time; with SAA topping the list with 93.33%, outperforming several reputable carriers from across the world.
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Last week, an IBM ThinkPad burst into flames at LAX. Lenovo wasted no time in getting that fiery ThinkPad off to its engineers in Yamato, Japan. To no one's surprise, the T43 battery was indeed identified as a Sony unit, eWeek confirmed.
"Extreme cases of battery failures such as this are very rare in Lenovo notebooks," Ray Gorman, a Lenovo spokesperson said. "Our number one concern is public safety. We've launched an investigation. We will take whatever measures necessary to serve the interest of our customers and public safety."
Analysts believe that as statistically insignificant, in terms of failure rate, as this single ThinkPad battery incident is, Lenovo may have no other choice but to follow Dell and Apple in recalling all affected battery units. Stay tuned for more news from Lenovo as it develops.


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today's market many independent musicians view the big record labels as a
parasitic entity of sorts, exploiting talented musicians, inflating
undertalented pop stars and lavishly spending, while crying over
"dropping" profits. Of course, not everyone feels that way, but
a recent settlement between major label copyright watchdog group the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)
and filesharing service LimeWire does little to
convince observers otherwise.
You may recall that LimeWire was smote
down by the RIAA in federal court over copyright infringement
claims. The site's appeals fell on deaf ears, and the service was ordered
shut down.
The case has finally been wrapped up with a jury deciding on damages
against the service. The jury in this case opted to arrange a settlement
between LimeWire and the RIAA legal team, which would call for LimeWire to pay
$10,808 USD per track for the 9,715 tracks the RIAA claimed LimeWire infringed,
for a total fine of $105M USD.
While that may sound like a lot, it's actually significantly less than the
maximum fine of $150,000 USD per track the jury could have
awarded for willful infringement. That would have resulted in a fine of
$1.46B USD. The RIAA originally sought $150B USD in damages from LimeWire -- approximately15 times the music industry's total reported yearly income -- but was deterred by the minor triviality
that LimeWire had nowhere near this amount of money.
RIAA Chairman Mitch Bainwol hailed the decision, commenting, "The
resolution of this case is another milestone in the continuing evolution of
online music to a legitimate marketplace that appropriately rewards
The settlement will do little to improve the major labels' image, though, as
they may not give any of the record windfall to the artists that actually had
their work infringed.
Instead, the organization has previously promised to spend the money to reinvigorate its unprofitable campaign of threats and lawsuits, in
addition lobbying politicians to offer greater enforcement of copyright infringement at
their constituents' tax expense and outlaw consumer practices like creating backup copies (which the RIAA
contends is "stealing").
RIAA spokesman Jonathan Lamy previously stated, "Any funds recouped are re-invested
into our ongoing education and anti-piracy programs."
The RIAA would surely argue that artists would eventually benefit by reducing
piracy. However, the organization's past efforts have proved only marginally effective at best as piracy rates
have waned and waxed with the years passing years, always remaining relatively
Recent studies have also shown that pirates are the biggest legal purchasers of music. This
makes sense, as many view piracy as a "preview" of sorts, which they
use to decide which artists are worth supporting. They might not buy that
Lil Wayne track they downloaded, but they might end up buying an album from a
smaller artist they discovered, like The Antlers.
At the same time major labels in the U.S. and Britain are accused of committing mass infringement and stealing millions in
revenue from independent musicians. The labels have
convinced politicians and the legal system to give them the right to sell any
track that they "can't find" licensing information for.
In effect this means they can go out and steal copyrighted work of small independent
labels and musicians. A compensation system is in place, but it's notoriously bad -- many musicians have
struggled for years to get repaid, only to find their pleas fall on deaf ears.
At the end of the day the major labels' campaign of infringement and campaign
against infringers in the public have a surprising amount in common. Both
generate big money for the labels -- and both give nothing to artists.


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Man, I was watching the game with my girlfriend, who doesn't really like watching Basketball. I told her about the situation with Nash and the offer and everything else that went on over the summer trying to get him to play for Toronto. She said that he has a right to play where ever he so chooses, which I agree with. However, as a Canadian and a Raps fan, I thought it would be great for him to finish his great career in CANADA.
However, when the game started, and Nash was introduced, she was like, " Wow, they must really like him." As the game went on, and every Lakers basket made and the fans cheered, she was so confused she asked why they are cheering for the Lakers if the game is being played in Toronto? That to me folks was the million dollar question.
My hats goes out to each and every Raps player who played, for playing their hearts out and leaving it all on the floor. It can't be good playing in your own arena, where your fans are suppose to give you energy only to hear it going towards the other team. Shame, Shame, Shame on you for cheering against your own team. That should worry MLSE for sure. It worried me!


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Speaking to a standing-room-only crowd of credit union supporters, Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) spoke out this week on behalf of credit unions as corporate tax-exempt institutions.
Baldwin cited credit unions' role as providing essential services for consumers that often are not met by for-profit financial providers as the key reason for her continuing support.
Baldwin addressed employees of CUNA, CUNA Mutual, World Council of Credit Unions, the Filene Research Institute and the Wisconsin Credit Union League on the CUNA Mutual campus in Madison, Wis., on Wednesday.
She pledged to advocate on behalf of credit unions' tax-exempt status and monitor ongoing tax reform legislation to assure that the exemption remains secure.
Baldwin, who represents the home state of many of the nation's credit union organizations in Washington D.C., is the second senator to come forward in public support of credit unions' continued tax exemption.
Sen. Mark Begich (D-Alaska) last month included the credit union tax exemption in his July 26 letter to Senate Finance Committee leaders.
Other legislators also also recently have offered credit unions limited support. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) introduced a regulatory relief bill for community banks July 24 that includes four provisions.
Two of those exclusively benefit community banks, and two would benefit both community banks and credit unions. However, the CLEAR Act contained no credit union-exclusive regulatory relief provisions.
Baldwin has spoken out on behalf of the credit union tax exemption before. As early as 2004, the senator stressed her support for credit unions and the role they play in a letter to the Wisconsin Credit Union League.
"I would like to make clear my opposition to the banking industry's recent efforts to revoke the tax-exempt status for some credit unions," Baldwin wrote. "At a time when banks have enjoyed record profits, they should not be concerning themselves with restricting the services credit unions provide to their members."
Baldwin also noted in the letter her co-sponsorship of the Credit Union Regulatory Improvements Act (H.R. 3579) and her support for the Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act (H.R. 1375).
"Clearly your responsibilities go further than savings, loans, and checking accounts - you are also providing a helping hand," she wrote. "That is one of the many reasons that I have always felt so proud that CUNA's headquarters are located in my Congressional District."


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Itachi and Nagato not even close to top 5!
First off i start with Nagato.
Nagato was super strong! but don't make it more than that.!
read here:
as Tobi says "If Sasuke become stronger than Nagato" that was when he just got MS!
Kabuto sayed, he knew Nagato's lacked mobilit made him mush weaker!
this most be an after effect from using the 6path of pain.
them who would say: "Naruto got owned by Edo Nagato" seriously he was an EDO! he had unlimited charka and an immortal body!
Conclusion: as Tobi said Sasuke most now have become stronger than Nagato: Sasuke>Nagato live with it!
Itachi was very strong too, but he had a very small charka reserve.!
Kisame says it also dangeros for Itachi to use ms.
Here can you see Itachi used ms and a battle and the result is he is dying!
so please; people who's saying Itachi just can maintain Susanoo, please just stop it!
Conclusion: Sasuke>Itachi


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seems these days that many people/organizations are trying to go green. We have
companies like Dell installing
solar panels in parking lots; numerous
auto manufacturers are selling/developing full-electric and
gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles; and even homeowners look to reduce
costs by using fluorescent
lighting and eco-friendly building materials.
to be left out, the U.S. Navy is showing its "green" side
with a new
49-foot Riverine Command Boat (RCB-X). The boat is powered by a
50/50 mix of NATO
F-76 fuel and algae-based biofuel.
there is no talk about an increase (or penalty) in fuel efficiency by
using the the fuel, it appears to be more of a policy decision with
regards to stepping up the use of alternative fuels in the Navy's
green is about combat capability and assuring Navy's mobility,"
said Rear Adm. Philip Cullom, director of the Chief of Naval
Operations Energy and Environmental Readiness Division. "It is
not just about natural security; it also strengthens national
security. By having reliable and abundant alternate sources of
energy, we will no longer be held hostage by any one source of
energy, such as petroleum."
with all new and experimental technology, the price to use such fuel
in this prototype vehicle is astronomical. And when we say
astronomical, we mean it -- the
Corps Times
that the Navy bought 20,055 gallons of algae-based biodiesel at a
jaw-dropping cost of $424 per gallon.
to Wired,
the Navy uses 80,000 barrels of oil per day to fuel its ships and
wishes to cut that number in half within a decade through the use of
biofuels and nuclear power.
and foremost, energy conservation extends tactical range of our
forces while also preserving precious resources," Cullom added.
"Our goal, as a Navy, is to be an 'early adopter' of new
technologies that enhance national security in an environmentally
sustainable way."


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Washington Joins States Offering Save to Win
The Northwest Credit Union Association and six credit unions in Washington have teamed up with CU Solutions Group offer the Save to Win program starting April 1.
Washington is the fourth state to offer Save to Win, which encourages members to save with a chance to win monthly and annual prizes. By making a $25 deposit, members at the six participating credit unions will be entered into a drawing to win a $5,000 annual prize as well as monthly prizes of up to $5,000.
Washington's Save to Win program has a similar model to those currently offered in Michigan, Nebraska and North Carolina.
The six Washington credit unions participating in this program are the $162 million O Bee Credit Union in Tumwater; the $740 million Fibre Federal Credit Union in Longview; the $834 million TwinStar Credit Union in Lacey; the $24 million Connection Credit Union in Silverdale, $167 million North Coast Credit Union in Bellingham, and the $9.9 million Express Credit Union in Seattle.
After researching operations models, the NWCUA and its launching credit unions opted to contract with Michigan-based CUSG to operate the program for three years. Michigan's program has already resulted in 40,000 unique accounts and deposits in excess of $70 million, according to the NWCUA.
"We were excited when the Washington Legislature approved prize-linked savings programs for credit union members," said Troy Stang, president/CEO of NWCUA.
"Research has shown that with Save to Win, un-banked and under-banked consumers become savers, often for the first time in their lives," Stang said. "We're pleased to facilitate this launch because we know the result will be more financially fit consumers who are better prepared now to save for their goals."
Legislation allowing credit unions to offer prize-linked savings accounts passed in the Washington legislature in 2011.


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I, too, like word searches for the building of vocabulary. It is a way of teaching synonyms and antonyms and keeps new vocabulary words in front of the students so they see them. More exposure to new words better the chances they will make them their own and use them on a daily basis. I think they are great for ELL and at risk students. Motivation is key for these students and finding the words makes the students focus on word parts and the words themselves. I think the author is correct. Too many teachers have probably used them as busy work on a Monday morning or Friday afternoon so now must pay the price. Any teaching tool can be good and/or bad: it always depends on how it is being used in the classroom. Used wisely these can enrich the lesson. It was suggested that this is not a good use of student time at our school as well but I disagree. We have not been forbidden to use them but it is strongly discouraged. I use them but only to reinforce a particular skill.
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Are word searches a waste of instructional time?
A question came to me via the Ask the Expert service that Reading Rockets provides. With the teacher's permission, I'm including it here to get your opinion.
We were recently told by an administrator that research shows that crossword puzzles and word search puzzles have no educational value. We have been forbidden to use them in our classes. As teacher of English Language Learners, we have found that both of these are valuable tools to use with our kids. Do you know of any research that would support our position?
My answer:
Your question is an interesting one! I know of no research that supports the use of word searches with students as a means to student achievement. That makes sense to me, though...few skills that translate to reading and writing are developed through their use. I guess one could build an argument that there are some near-point (i.e., copying) skills being used, but the relationship of near-point skills to reading isn't very strong.
Crossword puzzles, however, seem entirely different, especially if students are not provided with a bank of words to use with the puzzle. I think an argument could be made for vocabulary development through their use. You might want to see if your administrator could elaborate on his or her concerns about crossword puzzles.
The teacher's reply:
Here's the thing for us as ESL teachers. We use word searches as a way to reinforce vocabulary students are learning through reading. I work with first graders, so as they search the words, they learn to look for consonant clusters, vowel combinations and the like.
I also feel it does help to develop their visual acuity for recognizing English words. They love the word searches, and even those kids who struggle with language and/or reading love to do them and feel as if they've accomplished something great when they're finished. They like to compete with one another and are excited about working with words. To us, those are pluses.
We, too, think the crossword puzzles are a no-brainer. We also suspect that this was a case of prohibiting everyone from something because a few people are indiscriminately using them as busy work.
My questions to blog readers:
What do you think? Clearly this teacher thinks there are enough benefits to word searches to use them in her classroom. Her reasons are largely motivational, though. Are word searches a good use of educational time?
I agree that word finds have little educational value. In a time when we are trying to produce thinkers and problem solvers, the passive act of locating words seems a waste of instructional time. If they are used as Jamie has mentioned, as a tool for teaching synonyms, antonyms, etc. they could prove useful as a quick activity but too many teachers use them as time-fillers. Crossword puzzles have a bit more instructional value but can also be used inappropriately. One way to up the instructional value might be to have students create word searches and crossword puzzles of their own using content words, literary terms, etc.
I love the idea of having kids create their own crossword puzzles. Seeing a student-written definition of a word would certainly help a teacher gauge that student's understanding. Molly had to create her own word search last week using her spelling words. It was definitely a time filler.
I see no educational value in word searches. Vocabulary is not built by matching and circling letters. Word searches are "busy work". Vocab lessons should focus on USING the vocab words.. not matching their letters. Play a matching game with the word and a definition or sentence so that they can see the word in CONTEXT rather than just as a group of letters.
As a parent of a child with dysgraphia, we have spent hours searching for words in word searches. We used various strategies (i.e., using a strip of paper and screening the list of letters vertically, horizontally, and on the diagonal. The time we spent evenings looking for scientific terms in science, history, etc. could have been spent studying content materials. I also did not feel it was a fair for my son to be graded on them. Finally, during his last year in school, his IEP contained Specially Designed Instruction that does not allow any grading of word searches or scrambles for him. Hopefully, as a freshman in college, we will not see these activities being used as an assessment tool.
Thanks for adding the voice of a parent of an older student with dysgraphia. I agree with your statement that the time spent poring over the word search grids could have been spent actually learning and getting excited about content! Argh. And, as a former university professor, I can say that during my 7 years on faculty, I never once saw a university professor use a word search. Hopefully your son is through with those!
As a teacher, I see the use of crossword puzzles (with a word bank) and word searches to be find vocabulary and spelling benefits for elementary students. As a parent of a middle schooler, I have been shocked at the number of these labor intensive and time consuming puzzles that have been assigned as homework to be graded and there is obvious low educational value. It have been difficult to get a biology teacher to stop sending these home when other reinforcing assignments need our child's time.
Most of my argument has been stated in the previous posts, but I would like to add my story:Although many teachers give out word searches at some point in the year to free up a little time in their schedules, there are a handful that rely on them. Take, for example, my sixth grade teacher, Ms. Allen. She would give out a huge (I'm talking 35 by 35 character monsters that took up a whole page at 12-point font) word search every week or so. She would then come around to every table and grade them, grade something that requires no ingenuity at all, does not build any skills at all except for toning eye muscles by putting them under stress. (Training for a job entailing computers, perhaps?) So, please, if you are a teacher or plan to become one, at least assign some creative journaling assignments and spare us schoolchildren from hours of useless torture. Signed, A Rising Eighth Grader ☺ ☻ ♥ ♪ ♫ ☼
I think word searches can be useful for word bank building. If the word study is focusing on long a spelled with ai, then looking up the words with the ai spelling is a good review. Also, if the students are studying nouns, it is a good way for students to be exposed to a variety of nouns so that they can get more examples of nouns. It is a good supplementary resource if used in the proper context of exposure to words. Tools teachers use should be judged on how they are used by the teacher and not be written off because of the way some teachers misuse them.
I believe word searches are useful to help students build stamina and help with learning to key in on details. Testing is a game of stamina and attention to detail. I use it to help my students learn that you look everywhere to help find information. I would never use it as a grade because I feel their is no benefit to the word search in this manner. ADHD students learn to slow down when working using word searches, as long as it is not to complicated.
I would consider myself to be an intelligent, articulate individual, yet I find word searches to be of little value. They would seem more likely to test visual skills and psychology rather than vocabulary. My son recently had to "solve" a "science wordsearch" with nearly 40 words with an array that must have been about 50 x 50...a tremendous task, even for me (I'm a PhD scientist). Assigned on the same night as serious English, Math, and Social Studies homework for return the following day, this simply added pressure to the evening homework routine. Frankly, for my son to have to find words like "science" and "theory" in the midst of 2500 letters when he has asked me about Bose-Einstein condensates and told me he is finally "getting" quantum spin (he's a science whiz...but word searches drive him *NUTS*) is not only silly, but a totally irrational way to judge and grade his science skills!For those still reading: http://warp.byu.edu/cgi-bin/wordsearch.py...this will help you solve your wordsearch...
Last night my daughter spend 1.5 hours trying to figure out a word search assignment. Thank you so much for linking the warp.byu site I can see where this will really put a meaningful skill and a reason to do wordsearches! My daughter suffers from memory problems, ADD and information processing problems. I also find her switching letters in words or with her spelling having all the letters in the word there but in the wrong order. You can see why wordsearches would be a daunting task for her. She loves the computer and is always wanting to learn how to type faster so this is definatly going to be the way to go. Thanks so much!
Cathy - I agree that word searches are merely level I recall based activity. They require students to use only simple skills without any analysis of text. With that said, I am not convinced that 94-142 was ever developed so that parents like you could control/micromanage how teachers would be permitted to evaluate children….. It is evident that you are laying down a red carpet in front of your child to ensure that he/she will never have to face challenges or adversity. How is that working for you?
I use both word searches and crossword puzzles in my remedial program. I work with emotionally disturbed students with multiple learning needs. Many have attention difficulties and trouble focusing on task. As others have stated, I use specific puzzles (based on the needs, skill level and emotional stamina of the student) to provide practice with vocabulary, attention to word patterns, spelling and more. Often children are asked to use the words in sentences or to select a number of words to use in an essay. Word searches and crosswords (in print and online) are non-threatening to my students, all of whom have failed in prior placements and so have learned to hate reading and school, and to distust adults, especially teachers. My students work willingly at these puzzles, and over time learn to use the fundamental skills required to solve them in other areas of their school day.
Talk about a leap...because serious educators have No use for ...NO USE for this type of activity. I noticed someone suggesting this is a helpful activity for ELL learners....hmmmm??? Please tell me a program that teaches second language learners using word searches. Teaches vocabulary??? Teaches spelling ???Reallllly, I'm looking for the word "Quetzalcoatlus" I bet I'll be able to spell it as soon as I isolate the "z's". And to Mike (yes, a sentence that starts with and) your logic system allows you to extrapolate that not doing a word search ensures that her child "will never have to face challenges or adversity". That's some logical fallacy you having going... How is that working for YOU?
The only teachers I know that use these are not high achievers. Of the 6 teachers that use them in our school ALL of them have told me they don't check them. I had my son just circle random letters when we got frustrated one night and we decided to do it for the rest of the year. Neither one of the teachers noticed and he got full credit the entire year. I surveyed students in my classes and the students that like them said they were fun and easy credit. What's next math credit for Sudoku???
I see no educational benefit to word searches! The words are often backwards so how can they help a child recognize words. I do the word searches for my children so they will not waste time on them. I hate doing them, they give me a headache. My high schooler still gets them! craziness. Sudoku is not for math but maybe the kenken puzzles.
Word Finds and Word Searches are assigned as homework at my son's school quite often. They seem like a big waste of time to me since they take an hour or more to do and he isn't learning anything by doing them.
I get so annoyed when I see that my children have been assigned a word search. They stare blindly at the page hunting for cryptic letter after cryptic letter with no regard for the overall word. They scan around. They finish without learning how to spell the word or how to use it in a sentence. I will now read the other comments so see if any of the arguments sway me.
I teach high school. Word searches are a waste of time for bright kids, they should be learning soemthing important. Word searches are a waste of time for students with learning difficulties. They frustrate and turn them off. Word searches are a waste of time for students who like them. They use them as an excuse not to do their other work.
There is absolutely no value in word searches for the normal child. Let's open the book and read or memorize vocabulary or do something that actually involves learning the subject.
I gove wordsearches and wordfinds to my students- but with other activities and related to the topic. They are useful- to remember yesterday's work, reinforce key words and terms and help spelling patterns, however giving these as meaningful activities requires the same effort as any other activity. I ahve never given out one larger than 20 by 25 becuase otherwise they are easily wasting too much time. Just because the research hasn't been done doesn't mean it isn't useful.
As an Educational Major, our teachers will not let us use word searches as a student activity. They all say they have no educational value.
word searches are an excellent way to get students to recognize Math vocabulary especially since many of these words are not used on a daily basis!
I always thought they might be useful in that way. My oldest son use to have severe trouble with word searches. He found it difficult to find a single word. I use to love them as a kid and find that the row by row scan my son does with his finger weird and slow. After a developmental eye exam it was determined he has tracking issues which explains his difficulty with copying things accurately. He also has poor spelling skills, penmanship, use of grammar and writing conventions. This is affecting every other subject because they all require writing.
I've used word searches for years with kids with tracking problems. They do help with fluency.
I also thought that word searches may have value for improving eye tracking and eye teaming issues. My oldest son has similar issues with regards to copying, penmanship, grammar and convection use, spelling and accurate copying. He was told he had eye teaming issues after a comprehensive eye exam. Word searches were always difficult for him. My other son who does not have the eye teaming issues but has Asperger's, focus and temper issues also finds them difficult. I almost want to use them therapeutically for him to teach him patience, focus, attention to details and perseverance. He is very bright and is currently enrolled in the gifted middle school where his Latin teacher uses them occasionally with the English meanings listed and he searches for the Latin equivalent. His technique is as weird as your son's where as I who loved these as a child almost find most words effortlessly. Both these boys also despise using paper dictionaries and have similar opinions about them being a waste of time versus the online versions. I don't know if word searches are of any educational use but I do believe they would be of some therapeutic benefit such as the development of patience, persistence, helping kids understand that in real life at a job they will sometime have to do things in a manner they may not like, as well as helping with eye tracking/teaming issues. In the world of instantaneous information at your finger tips I believe our children may not get many opportunities to practice the patience required to do things like offline research. I for one feel that they are definitely losing something important.
No one said it better than the rising eighth grader. Finding an argument to support the use of these would take precious time away from a valid assignment.
As a music teacher I sometimes assign crosswords and word searches to reinforce music vocabulary, but I view the word search as kind of a reward for completing the crossword. I do not give credit for the word search unless the crossword is also complete. The word search is worth half the points of a crossword. I do not send them home as homework. Most substitute teachers cannot teach music, so the puzzles can also prevent my sick days from being total losses for my music classes.
If someone gave me a wordsearch in German, I would be able to hunt and find, hunt and find-- but I would have no idea what I was hunting for other than a letter and then another one and I would have no idea what I had circled. Children who are not yet readers will have the same experience with word searches. On the other side, children who are reading-- really aren't reading in a word search they are seeking and finding and likely looking at their neighbor's paper to get through the exercise as soon as possible. The best way for children to learn to be better readers, writers, vocabulary detectives and problem solvers it through REAL reading and writing. Worksheets should be used minimally and when they are they should be thoughtful and help take children to the next level.... not just keep them quiet and busy. With all that we know about how children learn, can't we do better?
I'm in an AP (College Level) Class, and my teacher uses word searches and crosswords both as 'quizzes'. They of course have no word bank, but only vague hints to help us think of the words. I feel like he simply uses these supposed 'simple' tasks to accompany his quizzes in a way to mock us, as juniors and seniors in high school. It is mildly degrading, however the act of writing or finding the words actually does seem to help memory of the content in a way, and encourages the students to study.
Gwen: Thank you for your comment! I love the analogy to a wordsearch in German, and the focus on real reading and writing.
Hmmm....okay, so as I teach you червено, жълто, портокалаво, синъо, зелено, кафяво, сиво...and then give you a puzzle that is non-graded to help reinforce the letter order to write these words that are foreign to you both orally and visually, there is no value to the light-hearted reinforcement when another 2000 new words await you before the end of the semester? Then bin it and instead, sit down and write each one about 500 times a piece, and give yourself a dose of feel good for having done something more productive. Now let's go to work on the numbers and shapes next.
Does anyone have valid research to back up the fact that word search puzzles have no value?
I think there is actually a small contribution to the vocabulary work we do in conjunction with our reading.The reading trainings I've gotten so often all say that repetition of looking at, reading, hearing read, saying etc., is important in the process of taking ownership of new words. Some readers might need to see, hear, say, read a new word 40 or 50 times before they really possess it. Even the best readers need 8 or 10 iterations. A word search (the list of which serves as the word bank for a crossword on the other side) makes just a little bit more work—in a little bit different way—with those new words. Most language teachers would agree that variety of uses and exposures is better. I expect that word searches (even in this way of connecting them to crossword work) are lower in 'productivity' than other modalities, but the point is that variety of exposure is most productive.This is not to 'defend' word searches, but rather to proclaim that such blanket claims of "no educational value" might be more extreme that reason or evidence warrant.http://speakingofeducation.blogspot.com/
I really appreciate this discussion-I would like to see research and what those who study educational psychology and instructional strategies and their affect on achievement have to say. Thanks again, our instructional minutes are limited and precious.
word searches that are mazed based, in other words contextual have a long history of valid research for comprehension skills. Word searches in tables and charts are considered "games" and are very useful for developing right brain intuitive skills. One should not throw out the baby with the bathwater nor use lower level searches as higher level assignments. A good teacher knows how to use all and differentiate. The administrator was narrow minded and out of line. However Heil Hitler continues to exist under sripted RTT curriculums. I would question the adminsitrator's research knowledge and keep using the word searches more appropriately.
I have a hard time buying the arguments made here for word searches. 20+ years ago I did assign them as a way to keep students busy in class. Since that time, I've concluded there is no real value to word searches compared to another half hour of reading or working on a good piece of writing. I'm unhappy when my daughter brings homework that includes word searches, word scrambles, and even Sodoku. I'd ask teachers to respect their students' time better than that. If the homework can't be meaningful, then don't assign homework.
Perhaps parents of early readers would be more interested in the FREE High Frequency Word cards on the site: www.letterboxlearntoread.com These cards are fun and encourage automatic recall.
First of all, let me thank all of the teachers out there who against all odds have to train our future leaders to think logically and comminicate effectively. But these word search puzzles need to stop. Word searches have little value and continue to frustrate my 9 year old son. He gets at least 1-2 word search puzzles every week. Each one costs him 2 hours and I end up finishing them for him. I'd rather he spend the two hours writing a short story or even practicing spelling words through repetition. Our kids are busy enough--we really don't need "busy work" at home.
What I find interesting is that all these comments are based on adult intellectual analysis and reasoning. I can reason that college is a waste of time depending on what your justification of success and means is regarding the future of oneself. Word searches, especially for youngsters provides extrordinary visual acquity skills, repetitive vowel and consonant thinking as they search for letters and cluster grouping. It combines visual and auditory learning as they repeat the letters over and over while stimulating "neuronal connections" to engrave these letters. Ir introduces youngsters to word formation, fluency and is a way to incorporate new vocabulary and pronunciation. I feel that many adults believe they know what's best when in fact they have little if any standard or intellectual based evidence to supoport their views, as most people do these days. I understand that we don't like many things as that is the American way to simply dsay I dont like it therefore it must not be relevant. I have a 3 year old who I have worked with extensively to learn his letters over the past year and nothing has worked. While at a local pizzeria, there was a word search on an advertisment and he showed an interest in the search. I explained to him what to do and he began looking for the letters himself, after I told him what each letter was. What I found out was as he searched for each letter, he repeated it to himself over and over until he found that letter. Then he did the same thing for the next and so on. After the word was located, he was able to remember the letters much faster than all the time combined I had worked with him previously. Point being, we may think we "know" what's best when it comes to teaching children but I feel sometimes you have to let the children teach us. They will show you things they respond well to and that's when we incorporate what they respond to into learning. Now I can go on and list another tangent about what i think is the reasoning the adults above expressed their dislike for these searches is, then again I would be doing basically the same thing yous are doing and that is expressing your personal dislike without representation or factual evidence. What I will do is start an evidence based research study utilizing word searches alone to determine if in fact they are beneficial for developing letter recognition at a quicker pace and will posts the results here when finished.
I teach ESL students in Asia and they absolutely LOVE Word Search puzzles. When I watch them find the words, they repeat the spelling over and over again. For example, I hear 'ai', 'ai', 'ai'. Compared to their other dull textbooks, word search exercises are a breath of fresh air. They will not stop until it's done. Whether or not they remember the vocabulary later down the line is not clear. However, they do find them fun.
For students in America, particularly those in middle school, rather than elementary school, assigning word searches for homework is a completely worthless, pathetic, liberal waste of time. I have personally seen my students rage and quit over a lousy, stupid word search and must continue to work on it for hours because their grade depends on a jungle-frenzied search. The only way I see wordsearches helpful to the student is perhaps teaching the spelling of the words. Otherwise, they are a pathetic waste of time to the student. No wonder education in America is going down the drain. Crosswords, however, are pretty useful. That's for sure.
I don't particularly see wordfinds as a good educational tool. In my opinion, they don't really offer much vocab. If you think about it, if you changed each letter into a coloured shape, you would get the same result. It's all just finding and circing shapes.Crosswords, on the other hand, I think do have educational value. They can be used to test content and contextual knowledge, and, as someone else said, if children create their own, their understanding can be gauged.
Jerry's comment is possibly the best one here. If we judge the educational needs of children by our own standards then we'll never teach them anything.
In answer to the teacher's original and follow-up questions, I just have to ask, "What if we use vocabulary learning strategies and vocabulary content enhancement routines that are proven to be highly effective for diverse learners based on scientific research? What if we serve to our students the best that research has found for us to use when teaching our students? Don't we want to give them the best that we can find for them?" No, I do NOT use word searches or cross-word puzzles with my students. They LOVE our vocabulary lessons and learn to use their new words in various contexts. This fall, they surprised me numerous times by correctly, spontaneously using vocabulary we had studied in the previous school year in assignments for other classes this fall. I was thrilled. So were my students!
In answer to the teacher's original and follow-up questions, I just have to ask, "What if we use vocabulary learning strategies and vocabulary content enhancement routines that are proven to be highly effective for diverse learners based on scientific research? What if we serve to our students the best that research has found for us to use when teaching our students? Don't we want to give them the best that we can find for them?" No, I do NOT use word searches or cross-word puzzles with my students. They LOVE our vocabulary lessons and learn to use their new words in various contexts. This fall, they surprised me numerous times by correctly, spontaneously using vocabulary we had studied in the previous school year in assignments for other classes this fall. I was thrilled. So were my students!
I have been in education for 22 years and have taught countless children to read--children no one thought could ever learn. Word searches, friends, are pretty much a waste of time in teaching a child to read. Dress it up, Jerry, with fancy talk about acuity and neuronal this and that...humorous...word searches can be done successfully with absolutely no reading skill whatsoever...just let it go and choose an activity which requires children to actually think.
I would like to start by saying that I am a first grade teacher. I have also taught kindergarten in the past. I feel very strongly about this area, but it is not as black and white as some of the pervious posts. D I think word finds should be used with students above the age of second grade? Not really. BUT...if students enjoy them, what is the harm if they do a word find for morning work once in a while? No, I don't think a teacher should do one once a week nor assign any for homework. I personally use word finds maybe once a month for morning work. Sme people say it is busy work. I don't agree. I believe word finds help students locate a spelling or vocabulary word amongst a jungle of letters. If my students can see a word visually, how is that not helping them recognize it? I also love this for group work. My students love helping each other with this. It helps them with skills of working together. It helps them get focused on a Monday morning from a long weekend. IHoliday ones are exposing them to different vocabulary. Spelling ones are helping them spell the words. I see nothing wrong with giving younger students word finds. I feel like some administrators want to take all fun out of the schools. It's all about testing, testing, testing. There is nothing wrong with having some fun in school. They are kids after all, and I think some people forget that. And, one more note...about the person who said teaching s going down the drain...you must not e an educator. Because if you were, you would know that nowadays we teach WAY more skills to kids in kindergarten and primary grades than ever before. Kids are being tested all the time. Hell, there are times that I feel like a test administrator more than a teacher! When I was in school I remember coloring, recess, tying my shoe, and nap time. Kindergarten today read and write more than ever before. The accusation about schooling in America is going downhill is just making you look ignorant of today's schooling.
Word Search puzzles are a total waste of time used by teachers who don't understand instruction and/or their content area. They are great for long road trips and waiting for your food to arrive. Maybe they might help help develop eye muscles? I'd be embarrassed to defend their practice. We all know they are just a way to keep kids occupied. Just because they like it doesn't mean that they are learning.


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Alisyn Gruener
April 4, 2013
Where are you currently working?
I am the Enrollment Marketing Manager for Language & Professional Programs at the Monterey Institute.
What are your main job responsibilities?
Our department runs non-degree language programs for the institute, including a summer intensive program in 5 languages and a year-round intensive ESL program in addition to ongoing customized programs. I am responsible for developing and implementing marketing and recruitment activities that result in increased enrollment across our programs. I handle most external outreach for our programs, communicate with prospective students, and collect marketing materials during programs to share across our networks. As part of my external communication responsibilities, I also manage our website, social media outlets, and all other digital media presence for our department.
How did your experience in the International Education Management (IEM) program at MIIS prepare you for what you're doing now?
Each day, I communicate with international and domestic students who are interested in furthering their language skills for academic or professional reasons. Having the foundational knowledge about the world of international education is invaluable in my communications with students. If a student is preparing for a study abroad experience in Jordan, for example, understanding the ins and out of the education abroad market to and from that region helps me give accurate and helpful advice to that student. In particular, the marketing and recruitment course I took in the IEM program prepared me for the work I would encounter in this position. In that class, we learned how to develop, prepare, and implement a marketing plan, which has been an invaluable skill for me in my current role.
What is your fondest memory of your time at the Monterey Institute?
I loved being a part of the Student Council at MIIS. My time chairing social event committees and later as a member of the Executive Committee were invaluable to my experience as a graduate student and also helped me obtain a staff position at the institute when my time as a student concluded.
What advice would you give to current students on how to prepare themselves for a future career in this field?
Get involved in as many related events and groups as possible! As a young professional in this field in 2009, becoming a member of NAFSA, attending conferences, volunteering at special events, and networking my socks off every chance I got really helped solidify my own professional network of colleagues and friends. Also, specialize when you can. Taking a focus within the field of IE will be very helpful. This may be a professional focus like international student advising or a more general focus like technology or underrepresentation. Having specific interests and skills will make finding the 'best fit job' more realistic.