Sample A: Cover Page of Thesis, Project, or Dissertation Proposal

control groups to reveal the specific goals of the research and to elicit teacher feedback
on the implementation of the intervention in order to improve future intervention efforts.
Meetings were held at both the largest and second largest Head Start sites to best
accommodate teachers‘ schedules. Meetings lasted between 45 minutes to 1 hour.
Teachers received no incentive for attending the follow-up meeting, but a copy of each
storybook included in the study was given to teachers for each classroom during the
meeting.
During this meeting, teachers were also be asked to complete the Teacher
Attitudes about Social and Emotional Learning (TASEL; Ambike & Schultz, 2007), a
measure intended to assess teacher attitudes towards social and emotional program
implementation. The TASEL is a new measure composed of six subscales assessing
teachers‘ perceptions of social-emotional program effectiveness (Program Effectiveness),
teachers‘ confidence in delivering program lessons (Competence), teachers‘ attitudes
toward time required to prepare and deliver program lessons (Time Constraints),
teachers‘ attitudes toward program training (Training), teachers‘ attitudes toward
administrative support for program implementation (Administrative Support), and
teachers‘ beliefs that administrative staff consider academics a priority over social-
emotional learning (Curriculum Priority). Subtest scores reflect teacher attitudes for each
facet of program implementation, and a composite score for all subtests reflects teachers‘
overall attitudes toward social and emotional program implementation. The TASEL can
be administered prior to program implementation to assess social-emotional program
issues needing attention and can be administered during or following social-emotional
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