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Volume 17, Number 3   2014      ISSN: 1930-9325 

 
CONTENTS 

 
Research Articles 

Examining Interdisciplinary Collaboration within a Comprehensive Early Childhood 
Education Framework 
Elizabeth Anderson…………………. ……………………………………..….………….... 1 

Impact of Classroom Computer Availability on Preschoolers’ Social Interactions 
Heather C. Janisse, Navaz Bhavnagri, Xiaoming Li, Bonita Stanton, Sara Johns and 

Sheretta Butler-Barnes………………………………………………...................................... 16 

Promoting Shared Cultural and Linguistic Backgrounds among Children and Families 
in Early Head Start/Head Start Programs  
Jeannette Mancilla-Martinez and Nonie K. Lesaux………………………………………….. 35 

Accelerating Preschoolers’ Content Vocabulary: Designing a Shared Book 
Intervention in Collaboration with Teachers 

     Sharolyn D. Pollard-Durodola, Jorge E. Gonzalez and Deborah C. Simmons.…...…………. 49 
 

Research-to-Practice Summaries 

Creating an Agency-Wide, Interdisciplinary Literacy Project in Comprehensive Early 
Childhood Programs 
Elizabeth M. Anderson…………………..………………………….….…………………….  76 

Classroom Computers and Social Interaction among Low-Income Preschool Children 
Heather C. Janisse, Navaz Bhavnagri, Xiaoming Li, Bonita Stanton, Sara Johns and 

Sheretta Butler-Barnes………………………………………………...................................... 

 
83 

Bilingual Teachers in Early Head Start/Head Start 
Jeannette Mancilla-Martinez and Nonie K. Lesaux………………………………………….. 90 

Accelerating Preschoolers’ Content Vocabulary and World Knowledge: Collaboration 
Between Teachers and Researchers 
Sharolyn D. Pollard-Durodola, Jorge E. Gonzalez and Deborah C. Simmons.…...…………. 96 

 
Dialog from the Field 

Head Start Professional Development: great leadership, great intentions and great 
expectations 

 

Meghan M. Fitzgerald………………...………….………………………………………......104 

 



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The Teaching Strategies GOLD® Assessment System: Measurement Properties and 
Use 

 

Diane C. Burts and Do-Hong Kim…..…………………………………………………........... 122