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Information Literacy: A study published in College & Research Libraries (2021) found that Gen Z students often lack "information literacy skills," specifically the ability to evaluate the veracity of sources. While they are "digital natives," they often struggle to distinguish between fact and opinion compared to Millennials.[/quote]
1. This is a dissertation, not a peer-reviewed article. 
2. This is specifically focused on first-gen college students with a sample size of 30 kids at one university.
3. This does not compare against millennial performance at all. Your comment "compared to Millennials." is a lie.

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Standardized Performance: Reports from McKinsey & Company (2024) and data from the PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) indicate that student achievement in math and reading has stagnated or declined globally over the last decade.
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Links? Are you referring to the NAEP data? 
Either way, stagnating math performance does not mean an entire generation is "dumber".  :roll:

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The "Digital Decline" Theory: Cognitive neuroscientist Jared Cooney Horvath and other researchers have argued that the heavy integration of screens in learning (starting around 2010) has led to a decline in "deep work" capabilities, memory, and attention spans, marking the first time in a century that a younger generation’s cognitive scores (in certain domains) haven't surpassed their parents'.
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Key words: theory, argued. Where are the actual peer-reviewed studies?

Speaking of weak information literacy skills...
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There is a lot of data showing the same thing. Worsening outcomes for kids starting around 2010. Of course, that was the time of the Great Recession and some of this could still be the fallout of middle class never recovering from that. But we also do have a lot of peer reviewed studies showing that screens in schools negatively impact learning.[/quote]

So you claim.

Are you the same PP who lied above? 
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