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may have been at work, particularly because the lead researcher worked very closely with
all teachers throughout the implementation of the intervention. Teachers were encouraged
to be honest in completing the TASEL and were assured that any constructive criticism
would help improve future intervention efforts, but they may still have felt the pressures
of social desirability when responding.
In addition to quantitative evidence, teachers also provided qualitative evidence
supporting intervention implementation during informal debriefing meetings. Generally,
teachers felt that reading each storybook three times within one week was too often and
also that having regular volunteers in the classroom to assist the other teacher(s) with
activities including non-participating children would help them to better implement
intervention methods. Still, teachers were supportive of the intervention and believed it
useful in enhancing their children‘s development.
Because teachers play a significant role in administering intervention methods, it
is imperative that they believe the intervention effective and feel that they have the
necessary resources in order to implement intervention methods. Both the quantitative
and qualitative research findings provide evidence that teachers supported the
implementation of the current intervention, but the potential effects of social desirability
on teacher reports in this study should not be underestimated. Although teachers
reportedly supported the intervention, means of improving intervention methods should
continually be sought, as should means of obtaining unbiased reporting from teachers.
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