Santa Clara University
Scholar Commons
Teacher Education, Preperation, and Advanced
School of Education & Counseling Psychology
Studies
12-1990
A Test of a Mastery Learning Approach for
Teaching Basic Paragraph Writing Skills to Spanish
Language Background Students
Sara Soledad Garcia
Santa Clara University,
Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarcommons.scu.edu/tepas
Part of the Education Commons
Recommended Citation
Garcia, Sara Soledad, "A Test of a Mastery Learning Approach for Teaching Basic Paragraph Writing Skills to Spanish Language
Background Students" (1990). Teacher Education, Preperation, and Advanced Studies. Paper 23.
http://scholarcommons.scu.edu/tepas/23
A Dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Education.
This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the School of Education & Counseling Psychology at Scholar Commons. It has been
accepted for inclusion in Teacher Education, Preperation, and Advanced Studies by an authorized administrator of Scholar Commons. For more
information, please contact .
, UNNERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
Santa Barbara
A Test of a Mastery Learning Approach for
Teaching Basic Paragraph Writing Skills to
Spanish Language Background Students
A Dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction
of the requirements for the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy
in
Education
by
Sara Soledad Garcia
Committee in charge:
Professor James H. Block, Chairperson
Professor J. Manuel Casas
Professor Guadalupe San Miguel
December 1990
, The dissertation of Sara Soledad Garcia
is approved:
U&~-
r(]
-~
-~ Committee Chairperson
December 1990
11
, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I want to express sincere gratitude to my advisor and dissertation
chair Dr. James Block for sponsoring my work, inspiring me to
conceptualize my study, believing in my ability to persevere through
various stages of the dissertation and providing resources, continual
feedback and insight. Thanks also are due to my dissertation
committee. My gratitude to Dr. J. Manuel Casas for his guidance,
patience, feedback and congenial manner. I acknowledge special
gratitude to Dr. Guadalupe San Miguel for the guidance, and the many
years of continual intellectual, collegial and moral support.
I wish to express special thanks to Dr. Stanley Nicholson Head
Consultant, Instructional Improvement Office, for his consistent advice,
guidance, encouragement and friendship throughout the statistical
analysis and interpretation of the study results.
I am grateful to the teachers, the principals of the two schools and
the students that participated in this study. Acknowledgements are also
due to Dr. Delores Austin director of CASE Center for Academic Skills
Enrichment and to the Department of Chicano Studies for allocating
resources that made it possible to complete this dissertation. Finally,
special thanks are due to Dr. Lladd Phillips Associate Dean, Academic
Affairs, for providing the computer services that W(lre so crucial for the
completion of the final document.
Ill
Scholar Commons
Teacher Education, Preperation, and Advanced
School of Education & Counseling Psychology
Studies
12-1990
A Test of a Mastery Learning Approach for
Teaching Basic Paragraph Writing Skills to Spanish
Language Background Students
Sara Soledad Garcia
Santa Clara University,
Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarcommons.scu.edu/tepas
Part of the Education Commons
Recommended Citation
Garcia, Sara Soledad, "A Test of a Mastery Learning Approach for Teaching Basic Paragraph Writing Skills to Spanish Language
Background Students" (1990). Teacher Education, Preperation, and Advanced Studies. Paper 23.
http://scholarcommons.scu.edu/tepas/23
A Dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Education.
This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the School of Education & Counseling Psychology at Scholar Commons. It has been
accepted for inclusion in Teacher Education, Preperation, and Advanced Studies by an authorized administrator of Scholar Commons. For more
information, please contact .
, UNNERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
Santa Barbara
A Test of a Mastery Learning Approach for
Teaching Basic Paragraph Writing Skills to
Spanish Language Background Students
A Dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction
of the requirements for the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy
in
Education
by
Sara Soledad Garcia
Committee in charge:
Professor James H. Block, Chairperson
Professor J. Manuel Casas
Professor Guadalupe San Miguel
December 1990
, The dissertation of Sara Soledad Garcia
is approved:
U&~-
r(]
-~
-~ Committee Chairperson
December 1990
11
, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I want to express sincere gratitude to my advisor and dissertation
chair Dr. James Block for sponsoring my work, inspiring me to
conceptualize my study, believing in my ability to persevere through
various stages of the dissertation and providing resources, continual
feedback and insight. Thanks also are due to my dissertation
committee. My gratitude to Dr. J. Manuel Casas for his guidance,
patience, feedback and congenial manner. I acknowledge special
gratitude to Dr. Guadalupe San Miguel for the guidance, and the many
years of continual intellectual, collegial and moral support.
I wish to express special thanks to Dr. Stanley Nicholson Head
Consultant, Instructional Improvement Office, for his consistent advice,
guidance, encouragement and friendship throughout the statistical
analysis and interpretation of the study results.
I am grateful to the teachers, the principals of the two schools and
the students that participated in this study. Acknowledgements are also
due to Dr. Delores Austin director of CASE Center for Academic Skills
Enrichment and to the Department of Chicano Studies for allocating
resources that made it possible to complete this dissertation. Finally,
special thanks are due to Dr. Lladd Phillips Associate Dean, Academic
Affairs, for providing the computer services that W(lre so crucial for the
completion of the final document.
Ill
