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 2013
Parents' motivation to seek immersion education for their children and its impact, Daniel J. Buck
The effect supported independent reading has on motivation, engagement, and achievement in sixth grade striving readers, Jill D. Burnson
Drama therapy in the high school theater arts classroom: helping a generation of students suffering from anxiety and depression, Louisa Cadwell
How to integrate movement into a traditional unit study of Arkansas history, Rachel K. Caldwell
An ESL teacher's exploration of instructional coaching, Elizabeth Jeanne Carpenter
Growing minds: cultivating environmental attitudes in the school garden, Abigail Case
Impact of reading science related trade books in an elementary classroom, Michele Chalmeau
A case for teaching more organic chemistry and biochemistry at the high school level, Jeffrey Alan Chalmers
Implementing reading strategies in a kindergarten general music classroom, Meriah Jan Chamberlain
Teaching creativity and individuality in a high stakes testing environment, CeAnna Christen
How can a kindergarten teacher improve the writing performance of students by implementing benchmarks of Minnesota Academic Standards during writer's workshop, Kelly A. Clafton-Martinson
Cross-linguistic transfer of oral academic language: a literacy intervention for an early-exit bilingual program, Maureen Colleran
How can I create a teachers' guide focusing on social media to help support learning and increase student motivation in the secondary classroom?, Lindsay Crownhart
Middle level catechetical leaders' experience of conflict during a case of major diocesan reorganization, Lori E. Dahlhoff
Nature play initiatives: a study of nature play areas and programs at environmental education organizations in the United States, Rebekah H. Dalen
Conducting reading conferences during reading workshop in a third grade classroom, Heather Lea Holder Davis
On the path to lifelong reading: motivating intermediate students to enjoy reading, Nyomi Davis
English language attitudes in pre-Olympic Brazil, Elizabeth M Derr
How can community college faculty develop and initiate a hybrid program for beginning and small farm management education, Eric J. Deters
Designing lessons for intervention mathematics classes: an investigation in how to teach underachieving students, Megan J. Diediker
How can I develop a parent guide to help families create a meaningful home environment that supports the emergent literacy skills of kindergarten students?, Rachel L. Dimock
Pop music as a teaching tool: increasing recognition and use of suprasegmental features, Katherine Ditter
The effect of noticing on improving the pronunciation of Persian English language learners, Nathan Doan
Explicit pronunciation instruction and its impact on the intelligibility of literacy level adult EL learners, Andrea D Echelberger
Vocabulary instruction in an elementary Spanish immersion classroom, Laura E. Eiden
An investigation of the impact of flipped instruction and instructional order, Erik D. Ellingboe
Effects of participating in an elementary mathematics methods course of pre-service elementary teachers' mathematics anxiety, Shannon Essler-Petty
The decision to conceal or reveal: the professional lives of gay male educators, Harald K. Faber
Exploring the effects of implementing focus math talk practices in a fourth grade classroom, Abigayle E. Foss
Communicating thinking with multiple representations in a math classroom, Jonathan E. Friedman
Does articulating the purpose of homework assignments affect parent perceptions?, Rebecca Anne Fritz
Differences Between Curriculum-Based Service-Learning and Off-Campus Service-Learning Opportunities Based on Students' Reflections on Their Experiences, Carly Gates-Vickery DeLeu
Lessons learned: trying to change science teachers' pedagogy through professional development, Nancy E. Geving
Developing a system for planning units to support inquiry-based elementary science curricula, Kelly L. Gibson
Strong readers and writers know the world and have a voice: an analysis to guide transformative critical inquiry in the English language arts classroom, Teresa Ann Gloppen
Implementing a theme-based curriculum unit to support upper elementary students in critically exploring multiple perspectives, Kala M. Gray
Integrating physical activities into the classroom, Rebecca Haehnel
Creating an inclusive environmental movement using diverse role models, Jenna M. Hanson
Readability and environmental education, Laura Jean McMullin Hanson
Pronoun usage in kindergarten read-aloud texts, Rebecca Kay Hanson
The experiences of teaching evolutionary theory in secondary classrooms in Minnesota, Patrick Hartman
Co-teaching and pull-out: a comparative case study and analysis, Kayla Hasvold
The beliefs and perspectives of reluctant adolescent readers on the learning community culture that increases reading motivation, Sara C. Heideman
A mixed methods study of language arts curriculum in four German immersion kindergarten programs, Elena A. Heindl
In what ways does auditory storytelling enhance comprehension in ESL kindergarten students?, Mosbeck Robyn Henderson
The transformative leader: style, mindset, and wisdom, Jana Hennen-Burr
How can differentiation of instruction in kindergarten increase students' literacy achievement, Katie B. Hiti
Developing learning progressions for project-based learning in a fifth grade classroom, Kathryn Hoffmann-Thompson
The benefits of cross-age tutoring in a supplementary writing class, Max F. Hollenback
Assessing perceived writing self-efficacy beliefs in the community college environment, Alycia Yvette Honeck
Kindergarten guided math curricular supplement: an effort to help close the achievement gap, Kathryn Eleanor Hulse
Understanding the impact of professional learning communites [sic] on teacher instructional practices, Eric J. Jameson
Creating a system to increase achievement in ninth grade intermediate algebra, Jonathan T. Janssen
Explicit instructions of rhoticity: teaching the phonological features of international varieties of English to improve the listening comprehension of English learners, Jessica L. Jenkins
Conflict management in higher education: how university ombudsmen describe their experiences with program implementation and development, Christina Irene Kaiser
The communicative language teaching method in a Korean English elementary textbook, Christina L S Kanter
How does implementing a web page improve communication and keep parents informed in a primary classroom, Melissa D. Kappes
How to integrate literary theory into high school language arts curriculum to enhance student interaction with the texts, Benjamin R. Kirkham
Using question-based inquiry learning strategies to motivate gifted readers, Molly Rose. Klane
Action research: literacy coaching at the elementary level, Gretchen Kaye Kleinsasser
The perceived barriers affecting female participation in secondary physical education, Colleen Marie Knoflick
Teacher toolkit featuring guided reading strategies used in K-2 reading instruction, Corynn E. Koch
Motivating aliterate readers, Freya Rochelle Koester
How flipped learning can be used to meet the needs of students of high academic ability in the sixth grade math classroom, Kristina Lee Kofski
Onset and rime strategies in low-literacy adult ESL reading, Katherine M Korkowski
Designing and implementing a peer coaching model to support teachers in a small private school, Kimbra R. Kosak
The effects of dual immersion schooling on native and non-native language students, Tania L. Lauby
Jazz elements of effective collaboration: a comparative study of collaboration in Japanese and American schools, Naomi Ono LeBeau
A guided reading model for struggling primary readers: resources and strategies to support best practice, Emily A. Lewis
Teaching with the brain in mind: where neuroscience meets education, Jessica Ley
Does participating in geocaching activities lead to participation in other types of outdoor activities and increased environmental stewardship?, John K. MacQuaig
Modifying reading curriculum to increase literacy achievement in adolescent African American males, Maria Manthei
Modifying Thinking Through Geography strategies for human geography students, Emily Martin Yang
On the harbor: a needs assessment for teaching and learning about natural resources related sciences in fourth through eighth grades, Lorena M. Maurer
The effect of research-aligned reading programs on the self-efficacy beliefs and reading engagement of English language learners, Nicole L. May
Conferring with primary writers, Jessica McLean
A case study on refugee integration in the United States: how is it that one family from Togo, West Africa has been successfully absorbed into a changing Minnesota?, Christopher D. Miller
Early intervention for young children with autism: interventionists share their journey and perspectives of intervention, Donna Lynn Miller
Motivations of international students at an English-medium boarding school in Switzerland to speak French or English, Kristin K Montgomery
How do context and low L1 literacy of non-native speakers of English affect their noticing of L2 learner recasts?, Rachel Mueller
The teacher's role: assisting students with coping with parental mental illness, Megan Mulder
Barriers to adults attending ESL class and how these barriers can be overcome, Carol Nangle
The concrete forest: a series of stories written to encourage urban children to recognize and appreciate the living creatures that live within the city limits, Pamela F. Neidenfeuhr
Schools and families of divorce: teacher assumptions of non-resident fathers, Charles N. Nelson
Regulating sensory systems of preschool children with autism, Karen M. Ness
North Korean defectors' adjustment to life in South Korea, Amy L Nicewander
Translation into Spanish of the bat conservation and management workshop curriculum (bat conservation international), Germán Alonso Obando
Comprehensive sex education: is it being taught in a school district where it is mandated by policy and educational standards?, Elisabeth L. O'Connell
Developing the entrepreneurial mindset and toolkit of the secondary student: an entrepreneurship education curriculum, Christopher Ohland
A dual immersion program in Minnesota, Mantilla Eudora A. Olivares
Examining students' digital literacies in a hybrid classroom environment, Bobbie S. Olson
Selecting children's literature to enhance reading comprehension in a first grade classroom, Angela Mary Orbeck
Do you know the stories your students have to tell?: using Latino immigrant English learner narratives to inform teaching, Kristy Marie Otte
Manipulating the pieces of the puzzle: effective vocabulary strategies for secondary students, Elisabeth A. Pascaly
iPads in the junior high classroom: benefits, challenges, and recommended strategies, Linnea Pearson