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storybook readings. Because teachers in each classroom determined which teacher would
implement intervention methods and how frequently each teacher implemented
intervention methods, each teacher‘s storybook reading participation varied between and
within each classroom; thus, not all teachers who conducted storybook readings were
audiotaped throughout the implementation of intervention methods. Rather, audio
recordings were collected for teachers who conducted storybook readings on a regular
basis.
Initially, a total of 30 teachers were included in the research. Throughout the
course of the study, 2 teachers left the Rocky Mountain SER Head Start program, 1 prior
to intervention implementation and 1 during intervention implementation. The teacher
that left prior to intervention implementation was replaced, and this new teacher was
trained and participated in intervention implementation. The teacher that left during
intervention implementation participated in intervention implementation; so her data
were included in the analyses. The final sample included 27 lead teachers, assistant
teachers, and teaching assistants from 13 Rocky Mountain SER Head Start classrooms.
Complete demographic data for all participating teachers (n = 27) and for teachers
assigned to each experimental group (intervention group n = 14, book reading control
group n = 13) are presented in Tables 1 and 2; demographic findings for categories with
the largest percentages of teachers are summarized here. Overall, mean teacher age was
45.26 years (SD = 12.62, range = 23-69); and all teachers were female. A majority of
teachers were Hispanic (81.5%), and the remaining teachers were Caucasian (18.5%).
Most teachers fluently spoke only English (55.6%), and 44.4% of teachers fluently spoke
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