Are library's beneficial?By Elena Martin 7cc Lincroft Middle School

Do you think reading helps you learn more ?

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Do you think reading helps you learn more?

yes no sometimes

I choose this question to find

out if people thought by

reading books it helped you to

learn more. Where is there a

better place to be able to find

books free to read than a

library?

How many times do you go to the library per month?

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How many times do you go to the library per month?

once twice more less

I choose to ask this question

because if books help you

learn more then the library is

a fantastic place to find

hundreds of books that are

free to read. Which by reading

this helps to widen your

vocab.

Do you think that it is a good idea to use the library for tests and exams?

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Do you think it’s a good idea to use the library for tests and exams?

yes sometimes no depends not really don’t know

This question was to find

out if people thought is

was a good idea to use the

library when revising for

tests or exams. This would

be especially useful if you

needed to borrow certain

books for revision that you

perhaps couldn’t afford to

buy.

Which do you think is better ? Using a computer or reading ?

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Which do you think is better? Reading a book on a computer or reading an actual book?

computer book both

This question was to find out whether people thought reading an actual book was better and if they would use a library to read or if they would rather read a book on the computer which you are less likely to do in a library.

What types of books do you read ?

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What types 0f books do you like to read?

non fiction fiction both

The type of books you read

affects how much learning

there is in the book. This

shows what sort of books

people love to read and how

much they learn from a

library.

Do you think reading improves your range of words?

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Do you think reading improves your range of words?

yes no sometimes

If you learn words from reading books you will have more books to choose from in a library.

How do you learn best?

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How do you learn best?

doing listening watching other

I wanted to know if you would learn more from a library by reading yourself, listening to somebody read aloud, watching a story on dvd/tv or by other means.

What type of environment do you think you learn best in?

What type of environment do you think you learn best in?

outside inside both

I asked this question because if you do not like learning inside then you probably will not use a library.

What sound level do you learn best in?

What sound level do you learn best in?

quiet loud midlevel silent all other

I choose this question because it helped me find out about what sound level people worked best in.

Do the books you read help you with your learning?

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Do the books you read help you with your learn-ing?

yes no sometimes

This tells me if books are a learning source .

Does reading improve your imagination?

Does reading improve your imagina-tion?

yes no sometimes

I wanted to know if your

imagination was improved

more by reading Fairy

Tales or Fact Based Books.

What did you imagination

think things looked like

when reading such books.

Is your imagination an important part of learning ?

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Is your imagination an important part of learn-ing?

yes no sometimes did not anser

I asked this question to find out about imagination because if reading improves your imagination does it play an important part in life?

Where do you find you learn best?

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Where do you learn best?

home school outsidewith your friends did not answer

Everyone is different which means that we all like reading in different places. Some learn best outside, some inside, some at home, some in the library etc. Does it make a difference as to which books you like to read or you are more likely to be interested in. If you like to be outside would you explore a reference from a book you could get from your local library.

When do you find you learn best?

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When do you find you learn best?

morning afternoon evening no anser

I choose this question because normally you can only get in to the library during the day time not the evering.

Why do you find you learn best at this time ?

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Why do you learn best at this time?

no answer no distrachoins freshquiet awake

I choose this question to understand why they learn best at that time.

How I collected my data!

• To collect my data I used a questionnaire here is a copy of the questionnaire•

1 .Do you think reading helps you learn more?

Yes no sometimes

2. Do you think learn from the library?

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3. How many times do you use the library in a month?

Once twice more less

4. Do you think that its good to use the library to revise for tests/exams?

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5. What types of books do you like to read?

Fiction nonfiction both

5. Which do you think is better? Reading a book using a Computer or an actual book?

Computer books both

6. Do you think reading improves your range of words?

Yes no sometimes

7. How do you learn best?

Doing listening watching other

8. What type of environment do you think you learn best in?

Outside inside both

9. What sound level do you work best in?

Quiet loud mid-level silent all other

10. Do the book you read help you with your learning?

Yes no sometimes

11. Does reading help improve your imagination?

Yes no sometimes

I have concluded that the Library is beneficial!• You can go to a library to read books for free and they are open to members of the public.• They let people revise for tests. • Books can improve your imagination and knowledge which are important life skills.• Most people think that you learn from books and libraries are good as they hold lots of different books.• Books are a great learning source and are very accessible in a library. Libraries also provide computers to

enable you to research on for free.• I also found out that 42 of the people I asked said that they went to the library twice a month. The more

you go to the library the more you learn and knowledge is gained.• I asked if the library was a good place to revise my response was positive and 10 people said that the

library is good to revise in.• Also people mostly find that they learn best in the day so the library is very convenient.• A bad point is that most people learn best at home.• Most people like to read fiction books.

• That is why I decided the library is beneficial

By Elena Martin

•Thank you for reading my research project