1. The document contains questions about various books that are part of a sixth grade final battle of the books competition.
2. There are over 80 multiple choice questions asking whether specific events occur within the books.
3. The books referenced include titles like Hatchet, Harry Potter, Three Cups of Tea, and Artemis Fowl, and the questions test recollection of character details and plot points within these books.
This document provides a summary of Dr. Teri Lesesne's presentation on reading ladders. She discusses the concept of reading ladders, which combine vertical, horizontal, and thematic units to build readers from their current level and interests. Examples of possible reading ladders are given using award lists from 2010 in categories like science fiction, historical fiction, mysteries, and graphic novels. Attendees then brainstorm potential books and series that could be included in such reading ladders to help guide readers.
This folktale from Sweden tells the story of a woodcutter who is granted three wishes by a tree spirit. The woodcutter and his wife argue about what to wish for, wasting their first two wishes on a sausage that appears and then attaching the sausage to the man's nose when the wife wishes for it. They use their final wish to remove the sausage from his nose, having missed an opportunity to wish for something more valuable like a large house or riches. The moral of the story is the importance of thinking carefully about wishes.
This document discusses using Twitter as a tool for personal learning and connecting with others. It provides responses to four questions about using Twitter professionally. The responses note that Twitter can be used for connection, collaboration, sharing information, and having fun. It allows educators to participate in global conversations, build a personal learning network, discuss new ideas, and share victories and challenges with other teachers.
This document provides summaries of several book options that are available for a book review day. It describes the titles, authors, number of copies available, and key details about each book including number of pages, chapters, and section lengths. Books include titles such as Trash, The Face on the Milk Carton, Last Shot, and The Westing Game.
This document provides middle school summer reading recommendations and expectations. It suggests that students entering 6th, 7th and 8th grades read 4-8 books over the summer break. Specific titles are recommended for incoming 8th graders. Award-winning books, as well as popular titles by level and genre are listed. Teachers provide annotations about compelling reads. The goal is for students to engage with diverse texts over the summer months.
This document provides a reading log summarizing 7 works of children's literature and modern fantasy read by Karen Field. The entries include the author, title, genre, format and a brief 1-3 sentence summary of each work's plot. Strategies are also suggested for how teachers could incorporate each text into their lesson plans.
20 best selling childrens books of all timeMinhas Qureshi
This document provides a summary of the 20 best selling children's books of all time according to various surveys and sources. It lists the books in order and provides brief descriptions of several of the top books, including The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle, various Harry Potter books by J.K. Rowling, books by Dr. Seuss like The Cat in the Hat, and The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein. The list is dominated by books from these popular children's authors.
This document provides a summary of Dr. Teri Lesesne's presentation on reading ladders. She discusses the concept of reading ladders, which combine vertical, horizontal, and thematic units to build readers from their current level and interests. Examples of possible reading ladders are given using award lists from 2010 in categories like science fiction, historical fiction, mysteries, and graphic novels. Attendees then brainstorm potential books and series that could be included in such reading ladders to help guide readers.
This folktale from Sweden tells the story of a woodcutter who is granted three wishes by a tree spirit. The woodcutter and his wife argue about what to wish for, wasting their first two wishes on a sausage that appears and then attaching the sausage to the man's nose when the wife wishes for it. They use their final wish to remove the sausage from his nose, having missed an opportunity to wish for something more valuable like a large house or riches. The moral of the story is the importance of thinking carefully about wishes.
This document discusses using Twitter as a tool for personal learning and connecting with others. It provides responses to four questions about using Twitter professionally. The responses note that Twitter can be used for connection, collaboration, sharing information, and having fun. It allows educators to participate in global conversations, build a personal learning network, discuss new ideas, and share victories and challenges with other teachers.
This document provides summaries of several book options that are available for a book review day. It describes the titles, authors, number of copies available, and key details about each book including number of pages, chapters, and section lengths. Books include titles such as Trash, The Face on the Milk Carton, Last Shot, and The Westing Game.
This document provides middle school summer reading recommendations and expectations. It suggests that students entering 6th, 7th and 8th grades read 4-8 books over the summer break. Specific titles are recommended for incoming 8th graders. Award-winning books, as well as popular titles by level and genre are listed. Teachers provide annotations about compelling reads. The goal is for students to engage with diverse texts over the summer months.
This document provides a reading log summarizing 7 works of children's literature and modern fantasy read by Karen Field. The entries include the author, title, genre, format and a brief 1-3 sentence summary of each work's plot. Strategies are also suggested for how teachers could incorporate each text into their lesson plans.
20 best selling childrens books of all timeMinhas Qureshi
This document provides a summary of the 20 best selling children's books of all time according to various surveys and sources. It lists the books in order and provides brief descriptions of several of the top books, including The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle, various Harry Potter books by J.K. Rowling, books by Dr. Seuss like The Cat in the Hat, and The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein. The list is dominated by books from these popular children's authors.
The document provides a list of questions about various short stories and literary concepts. It covers stories such as "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson, "The Rocking Horse Winner" by D.H. Lawrence, "Young Goodman Brown" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and "The Destructors" by Graham Greene. The questions test understanding of elements such as characters, themes, plot points, literary devices and techniques.
This document provides a summary of children's books published in 1962. It begins by introducing the context of staying indoors on a rainy day and imagining reading books from 1962 when the author was a child. The document then lists and describes representative books from different categories of children's books from 1962, including folk tales, fantasies, science books, biographies, and series books. It concludes by discussing the Mary Poppins books and announcing plans to re-read one from 1962.
Kate Forsyth has been writing since childhood, publishing her first novel at age 7 and continually writing since. She has since published over 40 books across many genres, including fantasy, historical fiction, fairy tale retellings, and young adult novels. Many of her works have been shortlisted for or won awards, and several have been international or national bestsellers. Forsyth draws inspiration from stories and continues to write across many formats.
Names and Naming in Young Adult LiteratureBernie DeKoven
This document discusses names and naming in young adult literature. It provides examples of how names in stories can reveal attributes, occupations, relationships, and places of origin. It also summarizes the naming and characters in several works, including Sherman Alexie's Smoke Signals, Sandra Cisneros' House on Mango Street, Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games, and Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book.
Meg Rosoff's 2005 Michael L. Printz Award winning novel How I Live Now tells the story of 15-year-old Daisy who is sent from America to live with relatives in the English countryside. The story follows Daisy as she forms a romantic relationship with her cousin Edmund and experiences the horrors of war after a third world war breaks out. The book explores Daisy's coming of age and maturation as she is forced to confront the realities of violence, loss, and surviving in a war-torn environment. Through Daisy's unconventional narration, Rosoff examines themes of first love, independence, and coping with trauma and uncertainty in a brutal new world order.
If I Stay by Gayle Forman is about 17-year-old Mia who is in a coma after a car accident. While unconscious, she watches her family and friends arrive at the hospital. Mia reflects on her life through flashbacks and must decide whether to choose life or death. The Immortal by Michael Panckridge is a story from 1957 about a secret operation to recover an elixir that grants immortality. A man is accidentally injected with the potion and discovers he cannot die. Dinosaur Knights by Michael Gerard Bauer brings together the past, further past, and near future as scientists hope to transport a live dinosaur through time using a time-stretching experiment.
Outside The Inner Limits Quiz Show : WickedChristie BW
Independence Regional Library's science fiction and fantasy bookclub (http://outsidetheinnerlimits.blogspot.com) icebreaker quiz show and discussion questions for Gregory Maguire's Wicked, our March 2009 book selection. (.ppt version)
The document discusses plagiarism, defining it as passing off someone else's work as your own. It identifies three main types of plagiarism: verbatim copying, paraphrasing without attribution, and using someone else's ideas without credit. The document encourages students to cite sources and use quotation marks when needed to avoid plagiarism. It provides examples to help identify the different types of plagiarism.
KalaamiNew is a gazette published in July 2020. The editorial discusses how Kalaaminew, feeling envious of the attention given to Covid-19, decides to come out of her wardrobe and dress up to catch readers' attention and divert it from Covid-19. However, Covid-19, though ugly, has managed to attract everyone's full attention. The gazette also provides contact information for the publication and its team members.
This document contains summaries of 8 Caldecott Medal winning children's books:
1) The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend tells the story of an imaginary friend who sets out to find a child to be friends with.
2) This Is Not My Hat is about a fish who steals a hat from a bigger fish but gets caught.
3) A Sick Day for Amos McGee is about zoo animals visiting their sick friend Amos McGee at his home.
4) The Lion & the Mouse retells the Aesop fable about an unlikely friendship between a lion and mouse.
5) The House in the Night uses wordless illustrations to tell
This document provides guidance on teaching students to answer bridging text and context questions on the Israeli literature Bagrut exam. It explains that these questions require connecting a quote or new information to a story or poem studied. Teachers are advised to prepare students by asking questions about the quote to understand it and find connections to the text with examples. A formula is provided for writing a complete 100-word answer connecting the quote to understanding of the text with a stated relationship and supporting example. The document walks through examples to demonstrate the full process.
This document provides an editorial foreword and table of contents for a collection of author interviews conducted by Shelagh Watkins. The interviews feature a variety of authors who have recently published new books across different genres including fiction, non-fiction, children's books, and more. Brief excerpts are included from some of the author interviews to provide a taste of their discussions.
St. Stephen's College QC Inter-Dept 2013Rajesh Peejay
Miklos Feher spent most of his career playing in Portugal, representing three teams professionally and scoring 27 goals over 80 games. In his final match for Benfica, Feher scored a goal in stoppage time after receiving a booking, resulting in a bust being installed in his honor at the stadium and his number 29 shirt being retired.
The narrator is much older when telling the story of his relationship with his brother Doodle from his childhood. As a baby, Doodle seemed small and frail, and the narrator initially wanted a stronger brother. Over time, the narrator comes to accept Doodle, but has moments of cruelty where he pushes Doodle too hard. This ultimately leads to Doodle's death during a rainstorm as the narrator leaves him behind while escaping the storm. The story explores themes of acceptance and overcoming disability.
An Inconvenient Truth (2006) directed by Davis Guggenheim depicted former Vice President Al Gore's campaign to educate the public about the dangers of climate change. Gore later shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for their work informing the world on human-caused climate change. The film aimed to raise awareness of climate change through Gore's slideshow presentations.
This document provides an informal quiz with 17 questions and answers on topics related to etymology, history, and pop culture. It establishes some lighthearted ground rules for participants to have fun and learn through the quiz without taking offense. The questions cover terms, people, and events from around the world and throughout history.
1. The document contains questions about various children's books that could be used for a battle of the books competition.
2. There are over 50 trivia questions related to plot points and characters in books like A Single Shard, The Magic Finger, Bunnicula, and Stone Fox.
3. The questions are assessing comprehension of details from the stories and asking if certain events occurred.
This document provides information about various books and awards, including:
- 2010 ALA awards for children's and young adult literature.
- Lists of books that were popular among teens, with multiple books receiving high ratings.
- Suggestions for building nonfiction and audio ladders to guide readers through topics at different skill levels.
- Ideas for themes that could be used to organize book lists and ladders, such as content areas, classic themes, and history presented chronologically.
The document contains 27 questions about the plots of various books. It provides the title of the book that corresponds to the answer for each question about the plot elements or characters in the story. The books cover a range of genres including historical fiction, adventure stories, mysteries and fantasy.
The document contains 27 questions about the plots of various books. It provides the title of the book that corresponds to the answer for each question about the plot elements or characters in the story. The books cover a range of genres including historical fiction, adventure stories, mysteries and fantasy.
This document provides 27 multiple choice questions about the plots of various books that are part of a 6th grade Battle of the Books competition. The questions test recollection of key details like characters, settings, objects, and events from the stories.
This document provides 27 multiple choice questions about the plots of various books that are part of a 6th grade Battle of the Books competition. The questions test recollection of key details like characters, settings, objects, and events from the stories.
The document provides a list of questions about various short stories and literary concepts. It covers stories such as "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson, "The Rocking Horse Winner" by D.H. Lawrence, "Young Goodman Brown" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and "The Destructors" by Graham Greene. The questions test understanding of elements such as characters, themes, plot points, literary devices and techniques.
This document provides a summary of children's books published in 1962. It begins by introducing the context of staying indoors on a rainy day and imagining reading books from 1962 when the author was a child. The document then lists and describes representative books from different categories of children's books from 1962, including folk tales, fantasies, science books, biographies, and series books. It concludes by discussing the Mary Poppins books and announcing plans to re-read one from 1962.
Kate Forsyth has been writing since childhood, publishing her first novel at age 7 and continually writing since. She has since published over 40 books across many genres, including fantasy, historical fiction, fairy tale retellings, and young adult novels. Many of her works have been shortlisted for or won awards, and several have been international or national bestsellers. Forsyth draws inspiration from stories and continues to write across many formats.
Names and Naming in Young Adult LiteratureBernie DeKoven
This document discusses names and naming in young adult literature. It provides examples of how names in stories can reveal attributes, occupations, relationships, and places of origin. It also summarizes the naming and characters in several works, including Sherman Alexie's Smoke Signals, Sandra Cisneros' House on Mango Street, Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games, and Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book.
Meg Rosoff's 2005 Michael L. Printz Award winning novel How I Live Now tells the story of 15-year-old Daisy who is sent from America to live with relatives in the English countryside. The story follows Daisy as she forms a romantic relationship with her cousin Edmund and experiences the horrors of war after a third world war breaks out. The book explores Daisy's coming of age and maturation as she is forced to confront the realities of violence, loss, and surviving in a war-torn environment. Through Daisy's unconventional narration, Rosoff examines themes of first love, independence, and coping with trauma and uncertainty in a brutal new world order.
If I Stay by Gayle Forman is about 17-year-old Mia who is in a coma after a car accident. While unconscious, she watches her family and friends arrive at the hospital. Mia reflects on her life through flashbacks and must decide whether to choose life or death. The Immortal by Michael Panckridge is a story from 1957 about a secret operation to recover an elixir that grants immortality. A man is accidentally injected with the potion and discovers he cannot die. Dinosaur Knights by Michael Gerard Bauer brings together the past, further past, and near future as scientists hope to transport a live dinosaur through time using a time-stretching experiment.
Outside The Inner Limits Quiz Show : WickedChristie BW
Independence Regional Library's science fiction and fantasy bookclub (http://outsidetheinnerlimits.blogspot.com) icebreaker quiz show and discussion questions for Gregory Maguire's Wicked, our March 2009 book selection. (.ppt version)
The document discusses plagiarism, defining it as passing off someone else's work as your own. It identifies three main types of plagiarism: verbatim copying, paraphrasing without attribution, and using someone else's ideas without credit. The document encourages students to cite sources and use quotation marks when needed to avoid plagiarism. It provides examples to help identify the different types of plagiarism.
KalaamiNew is a gazette published in July 2020. The editorial discusses how Kalaaminew, feeling envious of the attention given to Covid-19, decides to come out of her wardrobe and dress up to catch readers' attention and divert it from Covid-19. However, Covid-19, though ugly, has managed to attract everyone's full attention. The gazette also provides contact information for the publication and its team members.
This document contains summaries of 8 Caldecott Medal winning children's books:
1) The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend tells the story of an imaginary friend who sets out to find a child to be friends with.
2) This Is Not My Hat is about a fish who steals a hat from a bigger fish but gets caught.
3) A Sick Day for Amos McGee is about zoo animals visiting their sick friend Amos McGee at his home.
4) The Lion & the Mouse retells the Aesop fable about an unlikely friendship between a lion and mouse.
5) The House in the Night uses wordless illustrations to tell
This document provides guidance on teaching students to answer bridging text and context questions on the Israeli literature Bagrut exam. It explains that these questions require connecting a quote or new information to a story or poem studied. Teachers are advised to prepare students by asking questions about the quote to understand it and find connections to the text with examples. A formula is provided for writing a complete 100-word answer connecting the quote to understanding of the text with a stated relationship and supporting example. The document walks through examples to demonstrate the full process.
This document provides an editorial foreword and table of contents for a collection of author interviews conducted by Shelagh Watkins. The interviews feature a variety of authors who have recently published new books across different genres including fiction, non-fiction, children's books, and more. Brief excerpts are included from some of the author interviews to provide a taste of their discussions.
St. Stephen's College QC Inter-Dept 2013Rajesh Peejay
Miklos Feher spent most of his career playing in Portugal, representing three teams professionally and scoring 27 goals over 80 games. In his final match for Benfica, Feher scored a goal in stoppage time after receiving a booking, resulting in a bust being installed in his honor at the stadium and his number 29 shirt being retired.
The narrator is much older when telling the story of his relationship with his brother Doodle from his childhood. As a baby, Doodle seemed small and frail, and the narrator initially wanted a stronger brother. Over time, the narrator comes to accept Doodle, but has moments of cruelty where he pushes Doodle too hard. This ultimately leads to Doodle's death during a rainstorm as the narrator leaves him behind while escaping the storm. The story explores themes of acceptance and overcoming disability.
An Inconvenient Truth (2006) directed by Davis Guggenheim depicted former Vice President Al Gore's campaign to educate the public about the dangers of climate change. Gore later shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for their work informing the world on human-caused climate change. The film aimed to raise awareness of climate change through Gore's slideshow presentations.
This document provides an informal quiz with 17 questions and answers on topics related to etymology, history, and pop culture. It establishes some lighthearted ground rules for participants to have fun and learn through the quiz without taking offense. The questions cover terms, people, and events from around the world and throughout history.
1. The document contains questions about various children's books that could be used for a battle of the books competition.
2. There are over 50 trivia questions related to plot points and characters in books like A Single Shard, The Magic Finger, Bunnicula, and Stone Fox.
3. The questions are assessing comprehension of details from the stories and asking if certain events occurred.
This document provides information about various books and awards, including:
- 2010 ALA awards for children's and young adult literature.
- Lists of books that were popular among teens, with multiple books receiving high ratings.
- Suggestions for building nonfiction and audio ladders to guide readers through topics at different skill levels.
- Ideas for themes that could be used to organize book lists and ladders, such as content areas, classic themes, and history presented chronologically.
The document contains 27 questions about the plots of various books. It provides the title of the book that corresponds to the answer for each question about the plot elements or characters in the story. The books cover a range of genres including historical fiction, adventure stories, mysteries and fantasy.
The document contains 27 questions about the plots of various books. It provides the title of the book that corresponds to the answer for each question about the plot elements or characters in the story. The books cover a range of genres including historical fiction, adventure stories, mysteries and fantasy.
This document provides 27 multiple choice questions about the plots of various books that are part of a 6th grade Battle of the Books competition. The questions test recollection of key details like characters, settings, objects, and events from the stories.
This document provides 27 multiple choice questions about the plots of various books that are part of a 6th grade Battle of the Books competition. The questions test recollection of key details like characters, settings, objects, and events from the stories.
This document discusses building reading ladders and step stools to help guide readers to more complex texts on various topics. It provides examples of books that could be included on ladders related to meaning, play, empathy, storytelling styles, and nonfiction topics. Specific titles and publishers are mentioned. The document emphasizes the importance of helping develop readers' ability to negotiate different types of texts and providing scaffolding to more challenging materials.
The document contains 27 multiple choice questions about the plots of various children's books. The questions ask about specific events or details such as characters visiting locations, having nightmares, placing newspaper ads, and rooms being scattered with food items.
This document appears to be a quiz for a fourth grade battle of the books competition. It contains 27 multiple choice questions asking about details and events that occur in various children's books. The questions are numbered 1-27 and ask about characters, plot points, settings and other specifics from the stories.
This document provides a list of the top 100 books that are popular reads for teenagers. It includes famous book series like Harry Potter, The Hunger Games, and Twilight. The list contains books from different genres including fantasy, science fiction, classics, and young adult fiction. The document emphasizes the importance of teachers being familiar with the books their students are reading outside of school in order to better engage with them and teach literature that inspires.
The document contains 27 multiple choice questions about the plots of various children's and young adult books. The questions test the reader's memory of details like characters, settings, and events that take place in the stories. They cover topics like a character eating alphabet soup and coming up with a club name; a lady receiving crushed chocolate in a gift box; and a boy using wood shavings as a mattress. The books range from classics like The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe to more contemporary works.
This document provides 27 multiple choice questions about the plots of various children's and young adult books that are part of a 5th grade battle of the books competition. The questions test recollection of specific plot details and each one is followed by the title of the book being referenced.
The document provides 19 multiple choice questions about literature, movies, and authors. It tests knowledge about works like The Hobbit, Shakespeare, and Stephen King stories. The questions require identifying authors who used pen names, fictional places in works of fiction, biographical details about authors, and more. The document engages participants in a trivia-style quiz about various creative works, creators, and connections between them.
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Simon Wheeler tells the narrator a story about a man named Jim Smiley who loves to make bets on anything, including his champion jumping frog. Smiley makes a bet with a stranger on his frog's jumping abilities. However, the stranger cheats and loads the frog with shot before the jump, causing the frog to lose and Smiley to lose his bet money.
This document appears to be presenting nominees for the Massachusetts Children's Book Award for 2013-2014. It provides short summaries of 12 books nominated for the award, with each summary being 1-2 paragraphs in length. The summaries highlight the central characters, plots and themes of each nominated book.
This document provides reading recommendations for students in grades 4-6 (levels O-T) from the Berkeley School Libraries. It is organized by genre and includes chapter books, fantasy stories, funny stories, heartwarming stories, graphic novels, and nonfiction books. Some recommended chapter book titles include The Amazing Gum Girl!, Bad Kitty School Daze, and Beezus and Ramona. The document also provides the website for the school libraries and a recommendation to check GreatKidBooks.blogspot.com for more suggestions.
This document provides a summary of new and popular young adult literature titles, including brief descriptions and recommendations. Some highlights include The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick, Jake Ranson and the Skull King's Shadow by James Rollins, and The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson. The document also lists various award-winning books such as the Newbery Medal winner When You Reach Me and Printz Honor winner The Book Thief.
The document provides an overview of new and notable young adult literature, including book summaries and recommendations. It discusses titles such as The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Jake Ransom and the Skull King's Shadow, Cabinet of Wonders, and The Adoration of Jenna Fox. The document also mentions several awards for young adult literature, such as the Newbery Medal and the Printz Award, and provides short summaries of award-winning and recommended titles.
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This document summarizes the services provided by the Learning Resource Center Northern Satellite in Morris Plains, New Jersey. It is supported by the State Department of Education to [1] provide assistance and resources to educators and parents of students with disabilities ages 3-21, [2] offer various services like workshops, materials, and an outreach van, and [3] serve members in Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Morris, Passaic, Sussex, and Warren counties. The $2 annual membership provides access to these services.
6th grade totally final battle of the booksmdscils598s09
1. The document contains questions about various books that are part of a sixth grade final battle of the books competition.
2. There are over 80 multiple choice questions asking whether specific events occurred in the books.
3. The books referenced include titles like Hatchet, Harry Potter, Three Cups of Tea, and The Case of the Missing Marquess.
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The document discusses three potential solutions - EZproxy, JSTOR, and Google Books - for Happytown College to provide remote electronic access and increase access to library resources. EZproxy would allow centralized authentication for online resources. JSTOR is a digital archive of journals that libraries can access for a graduated fee based on institution size. Google Books offers a vast collection of digitized books and has partnerships with other universities.
Radical Change Theory provides a framework for understanding changes in information behavior and resources due to digital technologies. It is based on the principles of interactivity, connectivity, and access. The theory was originally developed in the 1990s and has since been expanded to explain changes in youth literature and information behavior. It can help school libraries assess student information needs and expectations as their seeking of information has become more graphic, visual, nonlinear, and through a variety of media sources.
RQ 1: Tweens perceive needing information about short-term goals, social activities, and popular culture.
RQ 2: Tweens primarily seek information from peers through technology like phones and messaging. The internet is also used depending on access.
RQ 3: Barriers to information for tweens include safety concerns, lack of mobility, parental authority, and embarrassment about what they search for.
RQ 4: Tweens manage information through bookmarks, calendars, reminders from parents, though computer use for this is still developing.
Radical Change Theory provides a framework for understanding changes in information behavior and resources due to digital technologies. It is based on the principles of interactivity, connectivity, and access. The theory was originally developed in the 1990s and has since been expanded to explain changes in youth literature and information behavior. It can help school libraries assess student information needs and expectations as their seeking of information has become more graphic, visual, nonlinear and involves forming new social networks.
This document summarizes a phenomenological study on the factors that foster intrinsic motivation for information seeking in upper elementary school children. The study interviewed 9 fifth-grade students who scored high on a questionnaire measuring intrinsic motivation. It found that play, having secure "anchor" relationships with family, formative early passion experiences, and preferring group work were the main factors contributing to the children's intrinsic motivation to seek information. The document also provides background on self-determination theory and the research methodology used in the study.
This document summarizes a phenomenological study on the factors that foster intrinsic motivation for information seeking in upper elementary school children. The study interviewed 9 fifth-grade students who scored high on a questionnaire measuring intrinsic motivation. It found that play, having secure "anchor" relationships with family, formative early experiences pursuing personal interests, and preferring group work were the main relationships and experiences that contributed to the students' intrinsic motivation to seek information. The document also provides background on self-determination theory and the research methodology used in the study.
Radical Change Theory provides a framework for understanding changes in information behavior and resources due to digital technologies. It is based on principles of interactivity, connectivity, and access. The theory was originally developed in the 1990s and has since been expanded to explain changes in youth literature and information behavior. It characterizes changing forms of seeking information, changing perspectives, and new ways of accessing information and community. The theory can be used by librarians to assess students' information needs and plan for changes, and its concepts can be modeled statistically.
Tweens seek information to fulfill immediate needs related to school, socializing, hobbies and consumer interests. They rely heavily on interpersonal sources like peers through talking, texting and social media. Barriers include safety concerns, limited mobility, parental monitoring and embarrassment. Tweens manage information through informal means like notes rather than technology. They assess information sources based on social relationships and experience over credibility. Different social connections provide logistical versus personal information, and peers are highly trusted over other sources. Common information sharing locations are cafeterias, playgrounds and malls where tweens strengthen social bonds.
This document discusses a phenomenological study that aimed to understand the factors in students' lives that foster intrinsic motivation for information seeking. The study interviewed 9 fifth-grade students who scored high on a questionnaire measuring intrinsic motivation. The interviews explored the students' information seeking experiences and relationships. The main findings were that students' intrinsic motivation was fostered by: 1) an affinity for play that they connected to information seeking, 2) secure "anchor" relationships with family, 3) formative "point-of-passion" experiences pursuing interests, and 4) enjoying working in groups to complete assignments.
130. 74…does a character read the following quote from a book: "From the earth thine power flows, Given through courtesy, so thanks are owed. Pluck thou the magic seed, Where full moon, ancient oak and twisted water meet. And bury it far from where it was found, So return your gift into the ground"