Survery results from Robyn Nelson

In summary, the Scholastic survery and the KMS Middle School survery out of Wisconsin, gave some great information about children's likes and dislikes. Some of the questions led to the conclusion that actual books are preferred over e-books and other online material that is read over the internet. In both surveys, books were favored by over fifty percent. However, more girls (about seventy percent than boys (a bit over fifty percent) liked books rather than e-books. This information can be interpreted that boys will like having access to e-books and should be made available in the classroom to address this book.

Scholastic also surveyed parent reading habits and found that parents who read for enjoyment have children who read for enjoyment. This information can be used to encourage parents to not only read to their children, but also let them seeing them read for pleasure. Teachers can also use this information by modeling reading for pleasure in the the classroom. Many teachers have silent reading time scheduled in their day. Teachers can model reading for fun during this time in class. This can be a challenge for teachers because of student monitoring and planning or working with individual students. However, it may be worth the time when modeling is not being done at home.

The two surveys were encouraging because more than fifty percent of the students surveyed read for enjoyment. However, may of the students indicated they would read more often if they could find books they enjoyed. This information is troubling because is shows authors and publishers are not producing enough books students will choose when they search for books to read for pleasure.