Graduate Research Papers
Availability
Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Keywords
Children--Books and reading--Sex differences; School libraries--Circulation and loans;
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine what if any patterns emerge in the library checkout habits of elementary school age boys in consecutive grades and to compare them to common assumptions of which books boys prefer to read. A quantitative bibliometric method was used to analyze and count the circulation records of forty-four students over a three year period. The circulations to the boys in the study were compared to the circulations to the girls. Records revealed that on average, boys in third grade borrowed more books than the girls in the study, but girls selected more books than the boys in fourth and fifth grades. Both the boys and girls in the study borrowed substantially higher percentages of “stories” than “informational” texts. Boys selected more graphic novels and fiction chapter books in a series than girls did at all three grade levels examined.
Year of Submission
2012
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
Department
Division of School Library Studies
First Advisor
Jean Donham
Date Original
2012
Object Description
1 PDF file (ii, 49 pages : illustrations)
Copyright
©2012 Chelsea Sims
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Sims, Chelsea, "School library circulation records: What do they reveal about boys' reading preferences?" (2012). Graduate Research Papers. 24.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/grp/24
