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
Video Games in the Secondary Language Arts Classroom: Opportunities For Deeper Learning and Worldly Discussions, Karissa Thomson
How Will Self-Centering and Breathing Practices Improve and Promote Purposeful Learning In Beginning Band, Leah Toppen
Integrating Mindfulness Strategies and English as a Second Language Instruction, Samuel Trojan
Using Technology to Provide Students with Authentic Learning Opportunities in the Elementary Classroom, Valeria Tschida
How Can Educators Use Multicultural Materials to Create a More Inclusive Classroom Community?, Jenna Urick
Comprehensible and Engaging: A Study of the Effects of Engaging Aural Input on Written Output in Second–Language Acquisition, Tracey Valbuena
Fostering Autonomous Learning in University Language Students: Best Teaching Practices to Encourage Life-Long Learning, Samantha Veenhuis
Best Practices for Professional Development of ALC Teachers to Assist Gifted and Talented Students, Julia Wallner
Assessing the Limitations of Interventions-focused Case Studies in Influencing Positive Outcomes For Students With EBD, Stephen Watkins
Elementary Literacy Engagement and Language Validation: A Guide to Engage Students and Families Using Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Practices, Jennifer Weingart
Effective and Engaging Ways of Teaching the Civil Rights Movement to K-2 Students by Sarah Westad, Sarah Westad
Best Methods for Meeting the Goals of Environmental and Place-Based Education in Short-Term and Immersive Undergraduate Settings, Henry Whitehead
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