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Direct linkAllen, Melissa – Library Media Connection, 2010
Today school library media specialists operate in an environment of daily challenges and controversies. "No Child Left Behind" established mandates that all educators are scrambling to meet. No matter how people feel about the way the legislation is being carried out, it is difficult to argue against its purpose--that all educators must…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, School Libraries, Media Specialists, Academic Achievement
Peer reviewedMoreillon, Judi – Knowledge Quest, 2009
The Position Statement on the School Library Media Specialist's Role in Reading, adopted by the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) Board in February 2009, is a guide to help practitioners build library programs that support every learner's development in reading. As part of the Learning4Life (L4L) plan to implement the Standards for…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Lifelong Learning, Motivation, School Libraries
Krashen, Stephen D. – School Library Media Quarterly, 1995
Discussion of the relationship between reading ability and library quality and use focuses on results of a multiple regression analysis of data that examined fourth-grade scores on the 1992 NAEP Reading Comprehension test. Highlights include books per student in school library media centers, circulation in public libraries, and software available.…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Correlation, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Download full textDzikowski, Judith, Comp. – 2003
This report summarizes the research studies, literature reviews and related documents on the relationship between public school students' achievement and the library media program. Research indicates students in schools with well-equipped library media centers and professional library media specialists perform better on achievement tests for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Development, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Prince, Robyn M. – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 2003
Keeping a good balance in the classroom and in the library media center is no easy task. It is an on-going process that will continually involve reflective thinking, research, professional reading, networking among other professionals, and collaboration among teachers and fellow library media specialists. In this article, the author discusses what…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Media Specialists, Literacy, Library Services
Kulleseid, Eleanor R. – School Library Media Quarterly, 1986
Summarizes recent research in reading and developmental psychology. Studies on schema theory and metacognition, and cognitive styles are described, and their implications for school library media programs and teaching critical thinking are discussed. (EM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Critical Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education
McCarthy, Cheryl A. – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 2003
Accelerated Reader (AR) is a computerized reading reward program by Renaissance Learning Inc. (RLI) that offers schools management software with computer quizzes of books identified by reading level (RL) and assigned points in order for children to read books, take quizzes, and earn points. Schools or teachers decide whether to offer prizes in…
Descriptors: Reading, School Libraries, Learning Resources Centers, Computer Software
