Browse this collection of Capstone Projects submitted by students completing their master’s degrees in the Hamline School of Education and Leadership. Capstones are the culminating degree work and include research that draws from the student's formal study as well as professional and personal development. Submissions include a scholarly written description of the project and may include the project artifact (as a supplemental file).
Capstone Projects are documented in Digital Commons as a degree completion option, starting in 2017.
See also: School of Education Student Capstone Theses and Dissertations
Capstone Projects by Degree:Capstone Projects from 2020
Reading and Writing Reciprocity: The Teacher’s Answer to Fostering Accelerated Learning for Striving Students in Small Group Reading Intervention, Leah Wieseler Nowatzki
Increasing Student Engagement and Success In Reading: a Reading Workshop Unit For Grade 7 ELA, Megan Wilson
What Effect Does Social and Emotional Learning Have on Elementary Students Using the Second Step Curriculum?, Britteny Wolterstorff
Providing Effective Career-Readiness Instruction for High School Immigrant and Refugee English Learners, Jessica Wright
The School to Prison Pipeline and the Importance of Its Recognition and Understanding By Professional Educators, Ericka Yang
Implementing Project-Based Learning Within a Standards-Based Grading System, Hannah Yokom
Effectively Teaching Reading and Social Studies That Students Will Meaningfully Connect to Their Lives and Experiences, Daniel Zielske
Making the Language of Secondary Math Classrooms More Comprehensible for English Learners, Anna Olivia Zieske
Capstone Projects from 2019
How Can The Cultural Funds Of Muslim Students Be Utilized By Public School Educators To Increase Academic Engagement?, Michael Abraham
Workshop to Improve Parental Involvement for Somali ESL Parents, Adan Ali
A Better Understanding Through the Use of the Nature Journal, Carol L. Anderson
Childhood Trauma: What Is It, And How To Help Our Students Heal, Melissa C. Andretta
Utilizing Text Sets To Teach Critical Literacy: Bringing Literacy Into The Social Studies Middle School Classroom, Brenna C. Balkus
Social-Emotional Learning for the Alternative High School, Lindsay A. Bednar
Culturally Responsive Curriculum and Literature for Primary Grade English Learners, Katherine Behrend
How Does Enriched Differentiated Small-Group Instruction At The Middle-School Level Accelerated Learning And Promote Community?, Kathleen A. Bernard
Let's Go Outside: Supporting Teachers In Using Outdoor Learning For All Subjects K-8, Ann Borgwardt
SLIFE Students and Teacher Preparedness, Makayla Marie Bozoian
Engaging Best Practices for Newcomer English Language Learners in the Mainstream Elementary Classroom, Jennifer Bradley
Inquiry-Based Learning Science Curriculum For Kindergarteners, Meghan Brady
Discovering Who We Could Become: Culturally Responsive And Rigorous Resources For Middle-Grade Theatre Teachers, Rachel Brady
Implementing Growth Mindset Learning in the Special Education English Language Arts Classroom, Jody Brenteson
Technology Based Interventions Impact on Phonemic Awareness Growth, Je'Naya D. Brown