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Volume 17, Number 2   2014      ISSN: 1930-9325 

 
CONTENTS 

 
Research Articles 

Efficiency in Assessing Emergent Literacy Skills in Students Attending Head Start 
Karen L. Gischlar, Edward S. Shapiro ……………………………………..….………….... 1 

Early childhood literacy programs: Promoting involvement of Ells and their families 
Kandia Lewis, Marika Ginsburg-Block ……………………………...................................... 17 

Father’s absence as a mediator of teacher’s gender effect on self-concept in young  
     African-American males 

Jeffrey Shears, Carolyn T. Miller, Marcus McGee, Abiola A. Farinde, Chance W. 

Lewis….…………………………………………………………………………………….. 58 

Testing Bronfenbrenner’s theory of parent-program communication: Parental    
    homework as a form of family involvement in early care and education 
    YaeBin Kim, David A. Riley…………………………………………………………………. 68 
 

Research-to-Practice Summaries 

Monitoring the Development of Literacy Skills in Preschool Children 
Karen L. Gischlar………………………..………………………….….…………………….  82 

Influence of Self-Concept on Young African American Males 
Jeffrey Shears………………………………………………………………………………… 87 

Utilizing Parental Homework as a form of Parent Involvement in Early Care and 
Education 
YaeBin Kim, David A. Riley………………………………....…………………………….. 90 

 
 
Dialog from the Field 

Parents’ Beliefs, Attitudes and Behaviors Concerning their Young Children’s Screen 
Media Use 

 

Sue Schlembach, Marcus Lee Johnson………….……………………………………….......  95 

A Review of Empirical Evidence and Practical Considerations For Early Childhood 
Classroom Observation Scales 

 

Lia E. Sandilos, James C. DiPerna…..…………………………………………………........... 105