They're so dumb they think Google operates itself, Excel is too hard, and
What's a library?
Many young adults still can't use Google efficiently. One study of college students at Illinois Wesleyan cited by Time found that just 23% (seven of 30 interviewed) were able to conduct a "well-executed" Google search. An Inside Higher Ed account of the study said:
They were basically clueless about the
logic underlying how the search engine organises and displays results.
Consequently, the students did not know how to build a search that would
return good sources. (For instance, limiting a search to news articles,
or querying specific databases such as Google Book Search or Google
Scholar.)
And probably wouldn't appreciate
The Music Man either;
The Illinois Wesleyan study was commissioned to find out why students
seem to be so bad at research. It begins by noting that most students
can't find the campus library, and the ones who can don't know how to
ask a librarian for help.
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