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A Study on Library Use and Reading Tendency According to Cognitive Development: Focused on Fourth and Sixth Grade Students in an Elementary School

  • Journal of the Korean Society for Information Management
  • Abbr : JKOSIM
  • 2017, 34(3), pp.179~207
  • DOI : 10.3743/KOSIM.2017.34.3.179
  • Publisher : 한국정보관리학회
  • Research Area : Interdisciplinary Studies > Library and Information Science
  • Received : August 22, 2017
  • Accepted : September 9, 2017
  • Published : September 30, 2017

Eunkyung Lee 1 GIYEONG KIM 2

1연세대학교 교육대학원 사서교육전공
2연세대학교

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study is to analyze the effects of cognitive developmental stages on library behaviors, reading tendency and perception on the library of the elementary students. For this study, a cognitive development tests and a questionnaire survey was conducted with students in their fourth and sixth grades in three elementary schools in Seoul and statistical analysis was carried out with the survey data. As a result, sixth grade students with the higher cognitive development had more requests for library information services than fourth grade students did. However, sixth grade students use library less and preferred to focus on the books for fun and personal interests, comparing with the fourth grade students. Their high level of cognitive development did not always have a positive effect on library behaviors and reading tendency. In addition, perception on the library of sixth grade students was lower than that of fourth grade students and it was influenced by library behaviors and reading tendency. It was also influenced positively by frequent use of library, active support by librarians and reading curriculum-related books. Based on the analysis, it is suggested that school library service should be provided based on the development stage of the upper grades of elementary students.

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