Professional Staffing Levels and Fourth-Grade Student Research in Rural Schools with High-Poverty Levels
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| author | Krueger, Karla Steege Donham, Jean |
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| contents | Professional Staffing Levels and Fourth-Grade Student Research in Rural Schools with High-Poverty Levels Krueger, Karla Steege Donham, Jean Rural Schools Student Research Grade 4 Poverty Areas Professional Personnel Staff Utilization Phenomenology Research Projects Research Skills School Libraries Librarians Student Writing Models Librarian Attitudes Student Attitudes Information Literacy Information Skills Inquiry Media Literacy Critical Literacy Ethics Student Surveys Information Sources Thinking Skills Library Role Rural schools in high-poverty areas are often understaffed. This descriptive phenomenological study examined fourth-grade state research projects in high-poverty rural Iowa schools to reveal the influence of school librarians' staffing levels on student learning of research skills. To determine evidence of students' critical literacy, ethical use of information, content learning, and understanding of the inquiry process, researchers analyzed twenty-four student work samples from eight schools, along with students' responses to questionnaires and school librarians' responses to surveys. Six (66 percent) student work samples in higher-staffed schools showed higher critical-literacy scores than those in the five lower-staffed schools. Six (of nine) students in higher-staffed schools garnered higher scores in ethical use of information. Content learning in all but one school was mainly factual. At the end of the project fourteen students (58 percent) posed new inquiry questions that were either conceptual or provocative. |
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| spellingShingle | Professional Staffing Levels and Fourth-Grade Student Research in Rural Schools with High-Poverty Levels Krueger, Karla Steege Donham, Jean Rural Schools Student Research Grade 4 Poverty Areas Professional Personnel Staff Utilization Phenomenology Research Projects Research Skills School Libraries Librarians Student Writing Models Librarian Attitudes Student Attitudes Information Literacy Information Skills Inquiry Media Literacy Critical Literacy Ethics Student Surveys Information Sources Thinking Skills Library Role Professional Staffing Levels and Fourth-Grade Student Research in Rural Schools with High-Poverty Levels Krueger, Karla Steege Donham, Jean Rural Schools Student Research Grade 4 Poverty Areas Professional Personnel Staff Utilization Phenomenology Research Projects Research Skills School Libraries Librarians Student Writing Models Librarian Attitudes Student Attitudes Information Literacy Information Skills Inquiry Media Literacy Critical Literacy Ethics Student Surveys Information Sources Thinking Skills Library Role Rural schools in high-poverty areas are often understaffed. This descriptive phenomenological study examined fourth-grade state research projects in high-poverty rural Iowa schools to reveal the influence of school librarians' staffing levels on student learning of research skills. To determine evidence of students' critical literacy, ethical use of information, content learning, and understanding of the inquiry process, researchers analyzed twenty-four student work samples from eight schools, along with students' responses to questionnaires and school librarians' responses to surveys. Six (66 percent) student work samples in higher-staffed schools showed higher critical-literacy scores than those in the five lower-staffed schools. Six (of nine) students in higher-staffed schools garnered higher scores in ethical use of information. Content learning in all but one school was mainly factual. At the end of the project fourteen students (58 percent) posed new inquiry questions that were either conceptual or provocative. |
| title | Professional Staffing Levels and Fourth-Grade Student Research in Rural Schools with High-Poverty Levels |
| topic | Rural Schools Student Research Grade 4 Poverty Areas Professional Personnel Staff Utilization Phenomenology Research Projects Research Skills School Libraries Librarians Student Writing Models Librarian Attitudes Student Attitudes Information Literacy Information Skills Inquiry Media Literacy Critical Literacy Ethics Student Surveys Information Sources Thinking Skills Library Role |
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