This collection includes Capstone Theses and Dissertations submitted by Hamline School of Education and Leadership master’s and doctoral students, respectively. Capstones are the culminating degree work and include research that draws from the student’s formal study as well as professional and personal development.
This is an online listing of the scholarly works of HSEL graduate program students. Works prior to 2015 are available in print in the Bush Memorial Library. Full text, online, prior to 2015, may be restricted to current Hamline students, faculty and staff.
See also: School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Projects
Browse Theses and Dissertations by Degree:Theses/Dissertations from 2004
Building community in the classroom through service learning, Scott Bauer
The impact of teaching emotional intelligence in the third grade classroom, Jennifer Bentley
Some program components and teaching strategies that promote the development of number sense and problem solving in mathematics for primary students, Ann L. Berne-Rannow
Regain my power: taking a chance on at-risk teenagers : helping them get back the personal control of their lives, Wyatt L. Bienfang
Parents' perspectives on effective early childhood special education home visits, Mary Beth Bloom
Creating community: a cooperative learning curriculum, Abigail E. Boehm
All-girls elective physical education course, Kerry Bogenreif
Implementation of interdisciplinary units in a middle school science setting, Julie Marie Bowers
Writing enrichment for third and fourth grade students, Carrie D. Brandt
Factors affecting participation of Japanese adult learners in the ESL classroom, Alicia Florence Brasch
Watercolor and word: living at the intersection of painting and poetry, an autoethnography, Bonnie Broitzman
How coaching high school baseball has changed in the last fifty years, Justin Brown
What are some practical strategies for differentiating the instruction of language arts in a first grade classroom?, Laura Anne Brown
Generation to generation: how do students' sense of responsibility adjust after experiencing intergenerational service-learning activities, Shelley R. Bunkowske
Mainstream and ELL collaboration: a case study of a mathematics classroom, Cathryn M Burrell
How proactive strategies/interventions impact the behaviors of a kindergartner with autism spectrum disorder, Kersten Janelle Buskirk
Implementation of the writer's workshop in the middle school classroom, Christin N. Carlson
Autism 101, Christy M. Carpenter-Meld
How can service learning be used to teaching ethical values to middle school students?, Valorie A. Carroll
Improving participation by Spanish-speaking parents in schools, Julie K. Ching
How to improve proficiency in the mathematical area of number sense, Jennifer Ann Claussen
Modifying the district's art curriculum for autistic children, Colleen R. Comeau
The use of audiobooks for struggling first grade readers, Toni Joan Cox
How do you get elementary learning disability students to read?, Lana Kay Crawford
What is the educational value of play in kindergarten?, Matthew Crosby
Integrating the six trait model in the primary classroom, Virginia Cummings
What lies ahead?: educating older adolescent English language learners with limited formal schooling, Marilynn E. Curtis
Multiple strategies for improving fluency in remedial and classroom situations, Kimberly S. Dabney
What is the alternative?: how stakeholder beliefs about the purpose of alternative education led to the development of a new charter school, Shannon Goodall Dahmes
Motivational curriculum in high school Spanish: the career interview project, Abigail L. Dealing
Do African-American females in urban junior high schools demonstrate greater academic success when they wear uniforms?, Kelly Lynn Detzler
[Teaching writing in a language diverse first grade classroom, Megan Doerr
The effectiveness of a Hmong translation on the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment, Tracy Renee Dolan
What factors do parents and early childhood educators need to consider as they nurture well-balanced children in the use of computer technology?, Kathy Jane Geidans Dow
How do student conversations about literature impact reading comprehension in the primary grades?, Kathleen M. Dunn
How can specific strategies used by the classroom teacher reduce anxiety in children?, Keri Eberspacher
Interpretation on the internet, enhancing distance learning, Scott R. Eckert
Using the six traits of writing within a poetry unit, Helen Edinger
What are effective strategies that work to nurture collaboration and self-direction in a sixth grade classroom?, Christopher A. Ellingson
Effective teacher talk for the struggling reader, Laurel Diann Engquist
Using manual signs to teach decoding to English language learners, Amber Erickson
A curriculum unit for the beginning of the school year, Kristin E. Erickson
ESL secondary students reading-while-listening: improving academic reading comprehension with recorded texts, Nancy Ericson
The effects of reform mathematics curriculum on gifted fourth grade students, Rebecca Faatz
Motivating students with differentiated reading and language arts choices, Bonnie Lynn Fahning
Implementing a life skills program in an urban middle school setting, Cynthia Farmer
A question of time: a study into the most effective block lengths at an urban public middle school, Laura Fearing
Implementing a life skills program in an urban middle school setting, Kay Ferguson
Drawing comparisons between teaching French and teaching English in a public residential (level 6) E/BD classroom, Jessica B. Figenskau
How can I improve the student teacher experience for art education candidates?, Elizabeth Ford Fitzgibbons
Professional development strategies that can influence teacher change, Kathleen A. Foord
Does community building create a respectful classroom?, Holly Zita Fournier
Reading comprehension instruction in a first grade classroom, Kathryn G. Fox
The recruitment and retention of the female athlete in high school track and field, Jon Freeman
Differentiating curriculum in the high school biology classroom: how does it impact student learning, Kerry M. Giesen
Effective strategies and interventions for students with autism spectrum disorders: an inservice plan working towards consistent programming, Deborah Greeley
Putting the community back in the student community involvement program (S.C.I.P.) at North Branch High School, John Gunderson
Putting together the pieces: making sense of elementary school mathematics, Sandra L. Harthan
Integrating the English language learner into the mathematics curriculum, Teresa Hartman-Lloyd
The other side of the desk: students' perspectives of quality teaching, Melissa Haugen
Differentiating my sixth grade social studies classroom with a group of mixed ability students, Jeanne M. Hawkinson
Integrating wireless laptops into the sixth grade curriculum, Kale Daniel Henry
How do I create differentiated tasks to meet the needs of all learners in a fourth and fifth grade elementary Spanish classroom?, Angela Anne Hoffmann
Helping proficient decoders increase comprehension, Rebecca Holk
Cultural diversity awareness: a curriculum design for Lutheran school 4th graders, Jacob D. Hollatz
Integrating wireless laptops into the sixth grade curriculum, Karl Donald Holle
Pull-out to collaboration: becoming an effective ESL co-teacher, Nancy Martinsen Holt
Why do most American students think that being smart is not cool and how do we bring back the thirst for knowledge?, Patricia L. Hoveland
Reading is thinking: making connections through comprehension, Carol L. Huck
Teaching ideas and content in writing, Jon Jasken
Intergenerational service-learning and self-esteem development in primary students, Tracy M. Jasken
Academic honesty in the classroom: a proactive approach, Lisa Ann Jensen
What are some brain-based movement activities that contribute to learning in a kindergarten classroom?, Karen Jean Johnson
What supports are available in the western suburbs of Minneapolis, Minnesota for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students, Thomas Johnson
Positive strategies for managing behaviors in the classroom, Marilyn Louise Kastner
The differentiated second grade math classroom: keeping both genders in mind, Guy Charles Kelm
Using the early numeracy interview to differentiate instruction for a second grade mathematics student, Kathryn Lee Kidd
Minnesota's profile of learning: is it a workable implementation of standards-based performance assessment?, Karen Noelle Schmidt Klinzing
Cross-curricular work: combining pre-calculus and physics in the high school, Corey Knighton
The effect of pronoun reference drill and practice on the reading comprehension scores of middle school ELLs, Julia Marie Kral
Morning meeting and the primary classroom, Kristin Kuehn
Easing the transition of new teachers through a high school induction program, Melissa J. Kyle
Recruiting and retaining female athletes in a high school track and field program, Michael Labine
How does the curriculum of local childcare centers reflect what current brain research says about learning?, Jennifer A. LaFrinier
Dual immersion programme sustainability beyond initial start-up grant, Gustavo M. Lanata
What strategies can improve instruction for students in the EBD resource classroom, Amy M. Land
Fostering creativity: keeping the passion alive, Anne Elizabeth Landreman
The paradox of education reform: the effect of implementing the Profile of Learning on teaching and learning in Minnesota, Dean Richard Larsen
What time management techniques do effective, efficient teachers use?, Laura L. Larson
Considerations in retaining the kindergarten child, Lori J. Larson
The educational and social benefits of student travel, Torrey Jae Lau
Meeting the needs of gifted students in a third grade reading curriculum, Elizabeth A. Lindberg
Using field trips to facilitate teaching and learning in science, Eric Lindberg
My desire to change, Timothy J. Lloyd
What teaching strategies will most effectively motivate students towards a love and desire for reading?, Lori Lobner
Individual lifelong fitness for middle school students, James Longstreet
Beyond policy creation: a critical examination of peer sexual harassment in schools, Carrie Lucking
Music and the brain, Julie K. Lund