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 2010
Exploring language attitudes of fourth-grade learners toward accented voices, Michelle Beck
Exploring understanding by design for planning a chemistry unit in a public classical school, Jason G. Belter
How to use brain-based learning in single-gender classrooms in the public elementary school system, Stacey L. Benz
Enhancing vocabulary instruction using the smart board, Rebecca L. Bies
The role of cultural awareness on L2 comprehension and retention of culture-specific idioms, Kathleen Bjornson
Strategies for working with Hmong families of children with autism: a community-based organization approach, Alicia Monet Bloch
Evaluating word problems using Polya's problem-solving strategy: determining its effects on an English language learner's written and oral communication, Erin McCarthy Bowman
Motivating the unmotivated reader, Amanda Brett
Motivational attitude: a study of the effects of motivational principles on students' attitudes towards mathematics, Jessica Davis Bro
What are effective strategies of dialogic reading, applied to specific texts, and its impact on young children's social and emotional development, Laura N. Browers
Understanding the role of the K-12 school district superintendent in facilitating technological change, Karl Bender Brown
An equal opportunity to learn: a sixth grade study of students with learning disabilities, Timothy L. Budrow
Creating culturally competent lessons into a seventh grade core knowledge unit on World War II, Catherine Marie Burke
Increasing diversity and success in advanced courses, Lynn Burley
Incorporating the concept of classroom community within a curriculum for pre-kindergarten learners, Charlene K. Cage
Project learning in a geography classroom, Charles J. Carr
Reading strategies that help struggling first grade readers, Mariana Castanon
Efficacy of inner city charter high school attendance policies, Natalie J. Champa
Teachers describing democratic school governance, Mai Yia. Chang
Tenure, seniority, and performance pay, Sarah Jessie Sears Christopherson
Authentic assessment in the social studies classroom: the student perspective, Sandra F. Cimmerer
The impact of immigrant life experiences on collegiate critical thinking skills: a mixed methods case study, Kristyn Clark
Motivating and engaging fifth grade boy writers, Betty Annette Cockriel
Using student-centered teaching to encourage high school general education art students', Laura Davison
Suppression of cultural identity and school success in Oromo students, Kejela T. Deressa
Finding strength in numbers: using cooperative learning to overcome communication apprehension, Errin M. Destics
Using music in a senior high level 1 ESL classroom to teach the two modal auxiliaries: Can' and 'Will', Crystal M DeVore
ELL instructional concerns of a low incidence school district: a case study, Laurie M Dirnberger
Direct instruction of inferential reading comprehension strategies to increase reading comprehension for students with disabilities, Heather Dulas
In what ways might a ninth grade physical science teacher reignite curiosity?, Mark Durand
Energizing outdoor environmental education criteria and curriculum for outdoor energy education, Lissa A. Eidelman
Can you see it?: use of visualization to enhance reading comprehension in a second grade classroom, Shari L. Ellingsen
How do students early nature experiences affect their interest and performance in science, Emily Elizabeth Emond
Multicultural literature and empathy in a middle school social studies classroom, Abbey M. Paulson Engebretson
Mural on a wall: building community in alternative education, April P. Erickson
Implicit and explicit corrective feedback for middle school ESL learners, Ben Fawbush
Reading inference and aspect instruction, Kerry M Feyder
How can students increase effort to learn by expanding intrapersonal intelligence?, Diana Hjul Forsman
Creating and maintaining a self-sustaining journalism program in an urban high school, Catherine J. Fredrick
On the right track, Jill Gehl
Teaching self-advocacy in the resource room, Matthew Henry Gens
Effective methods to increase independent reading stamina and motivation for the reluctant reader, Pamela M. Giefer
Making the connection: fostering relationships with disengaged students, Christine Glomski
Making connections: the significant life experiences of prominent environmental voices, Timothy E. Goodwin
Comprehension strategies at one urban high school: a case study, Blaine Curtis Grady
Can an integrated thematic curriculum help struggling writers in a middle school language arts classroom?, Melissa Kampa Hagerty
How do sixteen financial advisors allocate their time among seven general categories?, Elizabeth K. Hall
Barriers that non-native speakers of English face in a nursing program, Mairi Hansen
The effect of structured grammar instruction on oral proficiency of Spanish immersion students, Brooke E. Haubrick
What difference does an imposed literacy block program make on student achievement in reading?: a preliminary study, Alyssa Haugen
Components of alternative programs that motivate students to graduate from high school, Megan A. Hendrix
Student-to-student tutoring of ESL students in the mathematics classroom, Anthony Scott Hermes
A study using literature and reflective journals to connect cultural identity to future goals, Sandra Roth Hisakuni
Research supported instructional strategies educators can use to increase reading achievement for reluctant male readers at the elementary level, Carolyn M. Hoel
Determining which spelling strategies are most effective for students with special needs, JoAnn Hoeschen
The effectiveness of a specific pragmatic language curriculum, Catherine S. Hoffman
Improving phonemic awareness using whole-part-whole reading instruction and the language experience approach with semi-literate and non-literate Karen-speaking adults, Andrea P Hokeness
How a teacher and students can collaborate to utilize effective feedback in the classroom, Tara M. Holmen
Educational leadership and The art of war, John Charles Honchell
Will student campaigning generate awareness and understanding as to why recycling is important at Kenai Middle School?, Rochelle Horbacz
Using student journals to facilitate Kolb's model of experiential learning, Todd Hunter
Community building and social development in classroom meetings: does it foster environmental responsibility and concern?, Elizabeth Huselid
In their words: student descriptions of engagement in learning with project-based learning, Julie Irwin
Motivating disengaged English language learners, Emily Isik
How will direct instruction of research based comprehension strategies improve the achievement scores of fourth grade students?, Tanya S. Johnson-Haggenmiller
Immediate and reflective dictionary use on vocabulary learning and affect, Ryan Jude
A three-year plan for implementation of a gifted program in a small K-6 school, Karla M. Juetten
Interactive multimedia tools in the science classroom: a summary of their effectiveness and a guide to their evaluation, Lori M. Kaufman
The importance of music education as described by elementary teachers and parents, Lindsay King
Transforming school culture: the effects of a diversity club on a suburban high school, Dan Koch
How student-teacher relationships promote mutual respect and engage students, Jamie Kosel
A study of how to effectively prepare Latino parents for supporting their children's literacy, Veronica Kremer
Using student centered research questions to affect managing impulsivity, striving for accuracy, and persisting, George P. Kroh
Global education and international art exchange, David Kubacki
Critical self-reflection and cultural competency, Amy E Laboe
ESL math demystified: a framework for integrating mainstream math objectives into the ESL math classroom, Miriam Lemke
Cultural factors affecting the construction of literary meaning among three urban first graders, Barbara J. Leuthe
Community: building a stronger foundation for success, Jeffrey S. Lindstrom
Multicultural curriculum modifications and cultural competency, Heidi Link
Literacy centers in a first grade classroom, Allison M. Ludgate
Using cooperative learning to enhance the classroom social skills of ELLs, Kristy Majcin
Reader's workshop in an English as a second language classroom: teaching students to become independent in their use of reading strategies, Kari Marciniak
Summarizing strategies for newcomers: explicit strategy instruction in an American history class, Jeanette Marr
Self-monitoring techniques as a means of decreasing time-out referrals, Christina M. Marruffo
Focus-on-form in elementary ESL: experimenting with the error correction techniques of repetition and metalinguistic clue, Corey Mattson
Implications of cooperative learning in a self-contained EBD classroom, Molly Caroline McCool
Hmong learners' deletion and replacement of syllable-final consonants in English, Suzanne McCurdy
Teacher home visits: building relationships to facilitate a successful transition to kindergarten, Amanda M. McDonough
The power of communication: using curriculum to foster twenty-first century literacy skills in gifted students, Elizabeth Ellen McKeone
Women as agents of change in the cultural heritage sector, Phyllis Mauch Messenger