Graduate Project Title
Beginning a Book Swap Room: A Quantitative and Qualitative Study
Document Type
Graduate Project
Date of Degree Completion
Summer 2004
Degree Name
Master of Education (MEd)
Department
Education
Committee Chair
Andrea C. Sledge
Second Committee Member
Steven A. Schmitz
Third Committee Member
Craig Hughes
Abstract
Many children do not have adequate access to print. To rectify this in her school, the author created an ongoing Book Swap Room. The author documented the reading growth of students by looking at their reading test data in conjunction with records of the number of books traded in the Room. A family survey was used on three occasions to determine book ownership in the home of students, and a student survey was used to determine whether the Book Swap Room was achieving its desired goal of reinforcing book ownership. Though results were mixed and inconclusive, the author has seen changes in attitude in her students and in other students throughout her building.
Recommended Citation
Stangland, Mari Lynn, "Beginning a Book Swap Room: A Quantitative and Qualitative Study" (2004). All Graduate Projects. 854.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/graduate_projects/854
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