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
Improving recognition and production of emphatic and contrastive stress with electronic visual feedback as a means to focus on form, Carlynn Miller-Gore
How does the explicit teaching of reading strategies to middle level students impact their reading comprehension?, Linda R. Morrison
Parent, student and teacher attitudes about L1 maintenance, Stephanie E Munch
Rights-based education for children and community: a case study for orphan and conflict-affected children in Nepal, Beth Murphy
How can Lowenfeld's stages of drawing be used to implement new learning strategies for students with ASD?, Elizabeth A. Murphy
Instructional spelling strategies that promote third grade students' spelling development, Lindsey B. Neumann
What are the effective reading strategies a second grade teacher can employ to increase reading achievement and comprehension skills through effective questioning toward boys?, Candace Johnson Newman
The power of story: co-creating a community of learners through reflective practice, Linda Ruth Newsome
Cooperative learning and ESL students' participation, Angela Nguyen
Aerobic exercise and its effect on behaviors, feelings, and thoughts of third grade students, Kristin J. Nordvold
Technology integration in environmental learning: a photography based case study, Samuel L. Northey
How homogeneous gender groupings affect students' attitudes toward, and performance in, mathematics, Carl Vincent Nowlin
Using electronic whiteboards to teach phonemic segmentation to kindergarten English language learners, Rebecca Olson
Hmong second-generation girls, role models and identity, Sonja Olson
The value of traditional literature in the urban language arts classroom, Stacy A. Otte
Creating a formative assessment curriculum for the middle school math classroom, Teresa M. Oyen
Incorporating cooperative learning strategies into a middle level technology education classroom, Chadd A. Perkins
Adult roles in connecting and preventing bullying with middle schoolers, Megan McAuley Prifrel Perry
Student motivation towards foreign language learning: why do high school students take two or four years of Spanish?, Amy M Peters
Increasing adolescent readers ability to summarize expository text with specific feedback, Tracy Lynn Philstrom
How the technology of a smart board can be used to create a sequence of daily art lessons for 6th and 7th grade students, Kathryn L. Picha
How are characters with disabilities portrayed in award winning picture books for preschool children over time?, Carol Ann Duzac Price
Vocabulary instruction in the fourth grade social studies classroom, Megan M. P. Rafferty
How native Spanish and native Somali speakers label inanimate nouns vis-à-vis gender, Anna Rau
Perceptions of silent sustained reading held by middle school English language learners, Dean T Reasoner
Research supported instructional strategies to increase achievement for black elementary students in literacy, Christa A. Rebitzer
How can I create an 8th grade curriculum unit on personal narrative using ideas and theories about best practices in writing instruction?, Stephanie Reid
The high school principalship: an investigation into the essential leadership characteristics as determined by high school principals and the teachers whom they serve, Jeffery P. Ridlehoover
An analysis of how music can be used to support instruction in the classroom, Denee_ Kuykendall. Riley
Adapting reader's workshop for upper elementary language academy students, Claire Roberts
Developing science vocabulary through the integration of Latin and Greek Etymology: an application of the CALLA model to a secondary science curriculum for ELL students, Christi Jo Rodri_guez
How has the literacy in a responsive classroom workshop, using active literacy, changed teacher practice during the elementary reading block?, Carolyn Rottman
Latino/Hispanic perceptions of factors that helped them graduate from a four year college/university in the USA, Rocío Saldaña-Reyes
How do effective teachers promote a culturally relevant mathematics curriculum?, Kelly G. Schleper
What is student reaction to integrating analogies into a high school biology course?, Anne Schlukebier
Finding effective reading methods, Laura Schmitz
How we build community in the Jaguar Core through advisory and service learning, Katie Therese Schneider
Using multiple intelligence theory to describe the experiences of three struggling college freshmen, Kelly M. Schulze
Formative assessment: does its use improve student achievement and improve teacher instruction in a high school math classroom?, Brian Douglas Sell
Effective strategies used to increase reading fluency and comprehension of third grade students, Melissa M. Severson
A differentiated curriculum for mathematically gifted seven and eight-year-olds, Meredith Edelle Shafer
The effects of improvisational music therapy techniques on nonverbal social communication behaviors in students with autism spectrum disorders, Kristie M. Shaffer
Grief education for teachers, Trista E. Sharkey
Transcending the textbook: creating curriculum for sixth graders to experience history, Sarah Sheets
Exploring self-efficacy in reading, Cynthia D Shellberg
Making meaning: a study of the social, psychological, and spiritual impact of high school theatre on developing adults, Terence Gireesh Sinclair-Wood
Socratic circles in the English language learner's classroom, Anne Barbre Smarjesse
Why are our bands so white?, Diane Sollenberger
An inquiry project on the meaning of education for truant Hispanic students, Steve C. Sorenson
Multicultural education in the mathematics classroom, Andrew Southworth
Burned out: why formerly exuberant teachers are becoming disenchanted with the profession, Marika Staloch
Systematic reading interventions in kindergarten, Katherine Rieser Talafous
Integrating language learning strategies and academic language functions: teaching beginning ELLs to question, Angela Tessier
Utilizing visual supports to improve autonomy in children during unstructured classroom time, Kary L. Thelander
Evaluating the effectiveness of building level professional development: a stakeholder perspective, Dylan Thornborrow
Increasing student motivation and self-regulated learning in an at-risk math classroom, Katie Thunshelle
Effective research-based instructional strategies for teaching fractions, decimals, and percents to ten and eleven year olds, Michelle Thyren
Differences in the perceived professional development needs for secondary mathematics teachers, Thomas S. Totushek
Effects of integrated instruction on the achievement of freshman math and science students, Kimberly Truchan
Designing effective paraprofessional training for new and existing paraprofessionals, Cheri Lynn Tumberg
The true student-athlete, Bergen Gerrit T. Van
How the relationships of emerging reading and writing abilities influence NWEA assessment performance in kindergarten, Bergen Lindsay O'Connor Van
The use of English in Dutch magazine advertising: a sociolinguistic study, Duygu Van Nellen
Active participation in the secondary language arts classroom, Andrew Waldron
What are the benefits of incorporating a scheduled read aloud plan in an upper elementary classroom?, Kristine Weber
How an audiobook library program influences book interactions of three ESL kindergarteners, Molly Wellner
How high school seniors of different racial groups perceive the benefits and challenges of attending a diverse school community, Joshua I. Wenzel
Personalized texts in the hands of a toddler: an in-depth observation, Chris Wettstein
Motivating & teaching emergent readers in an immersion classroom, Kimberly A. Wieber du Saire
How does family involvement at home affect a child's early literacy development in a preschool setting?, Audra Wilinski
Attitudinal reactions of standard American English speakers to foreign-accented Speech, Elizabeth Bailly Will
Sing, sing a song: how using songs affect productive vocabulary acquisition of English language learners, Nicole D Winter
Understanding the emergence of aliteracy: a case study of upper elementary students, Barbara Wissink
Reducing the barriers to parent involvement, Amber C. Young
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Self advocacy, medical interpreting and the LEP patient, Stacey E Achterhoff
What effect does a positive learning community have on the motivation of students?, Chad Jeffrey Akerson
Pronouncing three-segment final consonant clusters: a case study with Arabic speakers learning English, Anjanette Arnold
Developing and facilitating a cyber-bullying webquest curriculum for fourth grade students, Katie Atlas
What changes do teachers believe could affect summer learning loss, Nicholas N. Bakke
I'm an athlete: but academics is my game, Tracy Batsell
Improving reading comprehension and motivation for middle school students, Rachel Bedell
Differentiated math instruction and students achievement and attitudes toward learning, Alison Beierman
Quantum learning with real world applicability facing a stagnant adolescent mathematics classroom, Ross S. Benson
A case study of the noticing-reformulation technique, Stephanie J Bertram
Increasing vocabulary production through explicit vocabulary instruction, Jennifer Blake
Effects of environmental service-learning on locus of control and critical thinking of middle school students, Sarah Virginia Bosch
How teaching test taking strategies to students with special needs impacts test taking confidence and performance, Daniel Travis Boyd
How teachers perceive their role in promoting physical health in schools, Julie A. Brown
In their own words: how youth describe the juvenile justice system, David W. Brummel