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School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Projects

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

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Capstone Projects from 2024 2024

Changing the Way We Grade: How Teachers Can Use Research to Implement Standards-Based Grading Practices, Angelique Butterbrodt

Second Language Acquisition for General Educators: An Accessible Professional Development Course, Angela Cabreana

How Do We Expand Current Notions of Technology in Science Classrooms, Emanuel Calderon

Essential Understandings for Non-Indigenous Science Educators when Incorporating Indigenous Knowledge and Ways Of Knowing, Genia Cegla

Best Practices in Screening Kindergarten Students for Multilingual Services, Kathryn Conover

Building Skills for Success: An ESOL Job Readiness Curriculum for Adult Ukrainian Refugees, Shannon Daniels

A Non-formal Environmental Education Curriculum Using Raptor Ambassadors to Foster Meaningful Relationships between Diverse Learners of All Ages and the More-than-human World, Danial Davis

Experiential Gardening for Environmental Literacy and Food Systems Awareness, Adam De Leeuw

Competency-Based Grading: Fostering Deeper and More Authentic Student Learning, Ryan Deslauriers

Using Group Work in Mathematics to Introduce Social Justice Concepts: Curriculum to Help Students Learn About Each Other Through Mathematics, Wyatt Ehlke

Increasing Caregiver Involvement in Strengthening Learning Through Movement, Hayley Elbe

Culturally Responsive Professional Development: Facilitating Transformational Learning Experiences, Kiana Erickson

The Importance of Black Authorship in Curriculum as a Way to Develop Literacy Skills in Black Students, Aleah Felton

Integrating Language and Content Learning for ELLs: The Role of Functional Grammar, Anna Harding

Increasing Student Retention and Engagement of Learned Concepts, While Fostering Connections to the Cultural and Ecological Significance of the Galapagos Islands Through Pre-Travel Lessons and Reflection, Bernadette Heaney-Deuel

Delving Into the STAR Curriculum and How It Enhances Or Detracts From a Federal Level III Setting, Erika Hennen

Egan-Inspired Year-long LiD project for an ELA Secondary Classroom, William Hoiseth

Connecting Urban Elementary Students To Watershed Health Through Aquatic Macroinvertebrates, Evangeline Holley

Teacher Identity Development Through Critical Self Reflection, Kelly Holmin

How Student Name Choice Affects Identity, Raquel Hunt

Creating a Community Garden to Enhance Environmental Education and Action in 10th-12th Grade Boys, Tess Ingebrigtsen

Trauma and Executive Function: Discovering and Developing Academic Motivation Interventions for Adolescents in Residential Mental Health Treatment, Jamie Jensen

Teaching American History in Multicultural Classrooms, Vinita Kartha

Climate Change Education for Student Agency, Katie Kirschbaum

Faith Development in Informal Environmental Education through Rock Climbing, Kylie Knutsen