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 2005
Parent and student perceptions of male elementary teachers, Eric Skanson
How do literature discussions strengthen comprehension and reading enjoyment of fourth and fifth grade students?, Amy Skibsted
Perceptions of academic progress and acculturation: a case study of two Somali women in college, Kari Smalkoski
Math anxiety and its relationship to gender and genetics, Sara Louise Solhjem
The impact of chess on at-risk students' views, Joseph R. Souvignier
Developing a sense of place: a blueprint for planning and assessing place-based education, Carol L. Sowl
Identifying and modifying reading enrichment opportunities to advance gifted readers in the third grade classroom, Jennifer Spencer
Effectively teaching social skills to high school E/BD students, Becky J. Splett
How visual schedules help children on the autism spectrum function more independently in the school setting, Sonya Stewart
Walter meets a Mack, Michael P. Stoesz
How can best communicative practices be integrated in grades 3 to 5 in a French immersion classroom?, Bianca Gelia Suglia
Defending the importance of health and physical education by integrating best practices into a model curriculum, Timothy R. Sukalski
How does a kindergarten teacher facilitate effective parent involvement to promote a stronger education for students?, Juli Lynn Summer
How can the application of reading best practices motivate second graders to read?, Monika Summer
Community building in alternative education, Katherine Sylvester
ESL teachers' perspectives on the relationship of student mobility and the academic performance of English language learners, Corey Teslow
What is fetal alcohol syndrome/fetal alcohol effects and what strategies can be used to help the students with FAS/FAE in a primary classroom to be successful?, Pamela Lynn Thomas
Inference: teaching and assessing between the lines, Kendra E. Tlusty
Perceptions of leadership: insights for teacher leaders, Kerri G. Town
How does integrating reading and writing into social studies affect student engagement and learning?, Rachelle Vogel
Cooperative group learning in the ninth-grade social studies classroom, William S. Wackman
If social studies learning is meaningful, it's memorable, Jennifer R. Ward
Using Inspiration software to facilitate information transfer for English language learners, Mary Warpeha
Implementing graduation standards into the U.S. history curriculum, Todd Weisjahn
English language learner literacy centers in the mainstream classroom: 4th grade social studies and language, Holly Ann Wick
Indigenous education in the United States and Australia: colonization and its effect on native students, Samuel K. Wold
Adjectival participles as emotion words, Inna Wolfson
Defending the importance of health and physical education by integrating best practices into a model curriculum, Shane Wyandt
Parental involvement program design for urban schools in China, Ling Yang
Elementary education in Norway and Japan: can their best practices be our best practices?, Sari Lee Zach
The importance of parent involvement in children's education: internet resources, Joel M. Zejdlk
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
Transformative experiences of learning community graduates, Ferial Abraham
How effective is Title IX in Minnesota high schools?, Kirk Affeldt
Building learning communities in an urban high school: teacher's perspective, Omoyefe Agbamu
What effect will a morning meeting have on my second grade classroom?, Kathryn L. Shirley Anderberg
How do I develop curriculum for a job seeking skills class?, Susan L. Ault
Perceptions of teaching: reflections of new and more experienced teachers of being professionals in the urban school environment, Christina Babadjanian
Understanding and mainstreaming students with autism: a handbook for secondary teachers, Connie Gilbert Baker
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