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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 2023 2023

Implementing Inquiry in a High School Economics Course, Nathan Prince

Effects of Teaching Collaborative Learning Strategies to Teachers on Student Transferable Skills and Adaptability Development in the High School STEM Classroom, Isaiah Ripley

An Educator's Guide to Expanding Accessibility to Nature Connections in Traditional Early Childhood Education, Olivia Romanello

Effectiveness of Integrating Technology for Improving the Post-Secondary Skills of Students with a Graphic Novel Based Curriculum, Dana Rosbacka

Supporting Social-Emotional Learning with Diversely Representative Children’s Literature: Toolbox Supplementary Read Aloud Lesson Plans, Taylor Rose

Permaculture Curriculum for Public School Children in the United States, Nichole Ross

Teaching Strategies for Low Literacy Adult Learners, Kelly Rynda

My Work is Wild — Promoting Career Literacy of Conservation and STEM Vocations in Secondary School Students, Lauren Salick

The Use of Universal Design for Better Inclusion of People Who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing or Have Other Invisible Disabilities in Environmental Education, Magill Schumm

Critical Literacy and Independent Learning Routines with Opportunity Youth, Natalie Seger

AVID for ELLs in Content Classes, Whitney Selimovi ć

Utilizing Storytelling in a High School Ecology and Cell Energy Unit, Katherine Shealy

Supporting Multicultural Mental Health with Culturally and Linguistically Relevant Practices, Codi Shogren

Animal Assisted Environmental Education Program Design: The Environmental Learning Farm, Kellie Soronen

Multisensory Literacy Instruction: Efficacy for Struggling Multilingual Learners, Stephanie Sowma

Utilizing Classical Literature in Kindergarten Classrooms: A Tool for Developing Social Emotional Skills and Reading Comprehension, Madeline Steinhoff

Creating An Engaging And Ecocritical Project Based Curriculum For High School Environmental Science, Hannah Stewart

Place-Based Environmental Education Towards Collective Environmental Literacy, Nicole Stubbs

Effective Teaching Practices for Phonemic Awareness and Phonics in Small Group Reading Instruction, Caitlin Sullivan

Creating Equitable Mainstream K-6 Education for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Christina Talberg

Social and Emotional Learning Resource to Reinforce Skills for 1st Grade Families and Caregivers, Jemmy Vasquez Sermeno

Implementing Equitable and Effective Practices for Dual-Identified Learners, Annelise Walsh

Implementation of Co-Teaching to Benefit Students with Unique Needs, Zoe Weiler

The Ethnic Studies Curriculum: A Student-Centered Approach at the High School Level, Erin Wentzel

Diversity Among Educators in Minnesota, Gabrielle Wiest