Statewide Project contribution
Attendees will be able to identify one new concept or fact learned about history or culture [knowledge] or have an increased positive attitude about history or culture [attitude].
Comments from students were not collected for the History Day Hullabaloo at the St. Cloud Public Library, but the Minnesota Historical Society collected the following data from the students who completed surveys:
-39 students from 5 different schools
-Buffalo Community High School
-Foley High School
-North Junior High School
-Salk Middle School
-Sauk Rapids High School
Feedback from these students resulted in the following:
-86% of students rated their overall experience as either excellent or very good (43% each)
-38% of students said that finding new sources was the most helpful during their library visit
-49% of students said that this library greatly improved their ability to do research
-100% of students said this library was either helpful (43%) or very helpful (57%)
-57% of students said they plan on visiting the library more than they expected after the day's visit
-83% of students said they feel more comfortable doing research in a library as a result of this visit
-78% of students said that they talked to a librarian and found them either helpful (27%) or very helpful (51%)
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