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 2014
Causes of low involvement of Latino parents in their children's school life at South Valley Community School, and strategies to increase that participation, Edgar F. Alfonzo
Expectations and Barriers, Making Parent Involvement Accessible to Families of English Learners, Carol Joy Allen
Adult ESL students' perceived pronunciation errors: An analysis of their actual speech and review of available curricula, Lianna L. Ambriz
How can a high school theatre arts class teach students greater community acceptance and social awareness, Thom Amundsen
Incorporating Moodle at an urban charter school to support daily teaching practices, Avsar Aras
Teachers' perceptions of the impact of service learning on secondary students, Norma Kristine Arellano
Examining teachers' perceptions on working with immigrant and refugee students exhibiting signs of mental health issues, Rebecca D. Bahr
Language objectives in the mainstream classroom: what teachers really know, Megan Beatty
Incorporating Culturally Relevant Texts Into a Standards Aligned Literacy Curriculum, Jackson Carl Bellaimey
How can teachers improve the science performance and skills of diverse elementary students?, Betty Jo Bishop
Exploring the Brain Gym Program as an Academic Intervention for Elementary Students, Jessica Feigal Borchardt
Comparing high school aged students’ environmental knowledge, attitudes and behaviors before and after a wilderness trip, Thomas Alexander Borrell
Boosting student achievement through AVID: a collective approach, Natasha T. Brown-Guhin
Noncustodial father involvement in their child's pre-K-12 education, Stacie Brown
How do three K-12 educational leaders describe effective leadership?, Holly D. Brunson
How explicit sight word instruction increases work recognition in a kindergarten classroom, Lindsey K. Bunting
Causal Connectives, Cohesion, and Text Complexity in The Wretched Stone by Chris Van Allsburg, Stephanie Jo Burnes
A modification of a 5th grade science curriculum to meet the needs of English learners, Emily T. Burt
Using a school garden to deliver a middle school curriculum, Viva J.D. Butler
How Can I Make Algebra More Relevant for My 9th Grade Remedial Algebra Students?, Dave Buck Carlson
How can primary writing instruction support the development of struggling readers in a Response to Intervention framework?, Hanson Kelly Carroll
How Developing and Implementing a Parental Involvement Program Can Decrease Behavior Issues and Increase Student Academic Achievement, Annetta Carol Carter
Effective Interventions for ADHD Students in Spanish Immersion in the Primary Grades, Patricia Cespedes-Schueller
Addressing English language learners’ needs in the secondary content classroom, David Edward Clark
Exploring the relationship between culture and second language pragmatics: a case study of an ESL journaling activity, Laura E. Code
International teaching, Jeremy Hyatt Conrad
International teaching, Leah Casia Marie Conrad
Story Stretching: An Instructional Writing Technique, Amy Marie Coughlan
Best Practices to Develop Science Skills and Vocabulary of Students Receiving English Learner Support, Benjamin Creagh
Promoting Target Language Literacy in the Undergraduate Spanish Classroom Through Graphic Organizers and Other Supplementary Tools, Kimberly Marie Cronen
Earthworms in our community, Allison E. Crowell
Oral language development: using text talk with struggling readers in the first grade classroom, Alicia Maureen Darby
Building background knowledge through interactive read-alouds to promote engagement in an intermediate classroom, Heather Marie Davis
Using Flipped Classrooms To Engage, Individualize and Differentiate Instruction, Kaci Louise Demerchant
Reshelving the Cookbook: Engaging Learners in Science through Student-Driven Inquiry, Jodi Jean Dempsey
White teacher - black student: bridging the academic achievement gap, Sarah J. Dickhausen
Accelerating first grade reading growth through systematic yet responsive phonics instruction, Christine K. Dickinson
Problem and standards-based learning: curriculum to enhance middle school algebra, Tiffany Doherty
The effect of a shared reading curriculum on student learning, Julie Droessler
The effects of a single-gender classroom on global climate change education, Carl E. Dyar
How can kindergarten reading instruction be differentiated in order to support students and align with a Christian school's core beliefs and practices?, Elizabeth A. Dymanyk
The impact of comprehensive musicianship through performance in an eighth grade orchestra, Madeline E. Eicher
Two teaching strategies for kindergartners in full-day, urban, Spanish immersion school, Deborah Eide
Making the content of a language arts benchmark test accessible for low level readers: a functional linguistics approach, Bridget Erickson
Elements from Family Literacy Programs that Support Student Parents Enrolled in Developmental Reading Courses at a Community College, Shana Letnes Erickson
How a curriculum framework for higher order thinking questioning can be used to deepen primary students' learning, Ashley Feehan
Using evidence-based reading instruction to address the vocabulary needs of adult striving readers, Terrisa M. Fisher
Comparing L1 and L2 Writing in Middle School, Catherine Dorothy Forst
How a balanced mathematical approach of whole group and small group settings, with a focus on math talk, better addresses differentiation, Samantha Gaarder
How Reading Education Assistance Dogs (R.E.A.D. dogs) in an Elementary Intervention Program are Perceived by Teachers and Students, Emily Gallatin
Supporting International Students at a North American Boarding School, Andrew Paul Garlinski
The significance of LGBT bullying and its lifelong effects?: Listening to former LGBT students' narratives to inform policy makers and educators, Misti Germundson
Increasing Group Work Participation in a Foods Laboratory, Marissa Ann Getty
What motivates African-American males to succeed in middle school?, Domonique Dejoan Gilmer
Social Skill Intervention for Students with High Functioning Autism and Asperger Syndrome: A Survey of Special Educator Preparedness, Robyn Renee Glaim
K-12 Public Education to Big too Fail: How can K-12 Public School Funding be Directed in Order to Attract and Retain High Quality Educators who will be Highly Successful with students?, Lauren Elizabeth Griffin
Integrating character education in the classroom using young adult literature to strengthen the social and emotional awareness of middle school students, Rachel J. Gustafson
Outdoor experiences and science achievement, Jill Gysberg
Using research-based vocabulary teaching strategies to improve student achievement in high school geometry, Heather M. Hagen
Food allergies and food related diseases: how do schools accommodate students with food allergies or food related diseases?, Marcus John Hammerseng
Absenteeism in adult ESL programs: a review of the literature in the light of Norton's theories of language learning, Alice Han-Carlsson
Exhibit evaluation: using Q methodology to gauge visitor interest, Matthew B. Hansen
Environmental literacy assessment tool developed for the Audubon Center of the North Woods, located in Sandstone, Minnesota, Jessica G. Harguth
Building fluency for elementary English learners: an analysis of CAFE fluency strategies, Kelly Hassemer
White Teachers Examine Their Racial Biases: A Book Study Group, Elizabeth Heggestad
Reading fluency: repeated reading paired with audio passage practice, Rosemary K. Heim
The Challenges of Feral Cat Management: A Case Study on Population Control Methods, Jodi Lynn Hendrickson
Creating physical science curriculum supported by differentiated readings, Jordan Herman
Hmong adolescents' perceptions of migration to rural areas of Minnesota: familiarizing students with their families' histories of migrations, Maria Higueros-Canny
Minnesota’s Community Supported Agriculture, Alexandra Jeanne Hiniker
Classroom management strategies in urban middle school classrooms, Kelsey M. Holder
How youth farm affects the mental health of participants, Claire Frances Hughes
The impact of graphic organizers on critical thinking and reading skills with adult ESL students, Stephen T. Hunt
How can a sense of community affect achievement in a reader's workshop?, Dawn M. Hydukovich
Explicitly Teaching Fourth Graders How To Peer Conference, Alyssa J. Isaacs
What connections can be found between late bilinguals' interactions in the target language and the level of their non-native accent in English?, Kristie M. Jadwin
Please Consider Before Printing: Changing a Culture of Paper Waste, Christopher Allen Jandro
Improving kindergartner's social and emotional competence through the implementation of social emotional learning strategies, Christina Marie Johnson
Best instructional practices in alternative learning centers in Minnesota, Ethan S. Johnson
Increasing accessibility to environmental education: providing online environmental education for high school students, Julie Ann Johnson
How does adopting a critical literacy approach to instruction in a secondary reading classroom improve the level of engagement of struggling adolescent readers?, Rhonda L. Johnson Marn
How creating a sequential and comprehensive recorder curriculum raises the performance level of music students as measured by technical skill, Ryan A. Johnson
Parent preferred components of family assessment tools in early intervention, Sara E. Johnson
Impacting the reading of informational text: explicitly teaching during-reading strategies to struggling middle school readers, Janelle D. Juberian
Writing at the Elementary Level: What English Learners are Expected to Write and How They Are Graded, Rachel Lynn Kaster
Music in the Secondary Social Studies Classroom: Improving the Whole Student Through Analysis of Contemporary Music, Kelly Marie Kennefick
Saudi International Students in Minnesota: A Preliminary Study of Acculturation by Time Spent Studying English in the United States, Alicia Mary Khalek
Patterns of Article Use in the Expository Writing of Spanish-Speaking Adult Learners of English, Jennifer Marie Killam
Going Beyond Expectations: Special Education Teachers' Experiences with Student-Centered Instruction, Allyse Nicole Knox
Reader’s Workshop Minilessons That Increase Students’ Reading Comprehension, Alissa Jean Knutson
The principalship, Katherine R. Kratofil
Bringing social studies back to third grade: curriculum for integrating literacy and social studies, Jessica R.H. Krohn
What Effect Does Teaching Leadership Skills Have on Third Grade Students?, Kristin Marie Kyllo
A Survey of Preferences of Arab ESL Students and Their Teachers in Classroom Reading Practices, Rebecca Jones Lahniche
Facilitating Meaningful Learning Experiences for Middle School Students in Short, Single Visits to an Educational Farm, Tara Laidlaw
The Most Effective Grouping Configurations to Produce the Highest Level of Student Engagement in Elementary English Language Learners, Mary Ellen Langlas
Translanguaging in the Secondary English Learner Classroom, Joseph Christian Larsen
How have literacy trends impacted teacher preparation and delivery, Tracy K. Lermon