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Teacher Identity Development Through Critical Self Reflection, Kelly Holmin Jul 2024

Teacher Identity Development Through Critical Self Reflection, Kelly Holmin

School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Projects

Many educators struggle daily to balance the many facets of their teacher identity, encompassing their personal and professional lives, as well as how they are portrayed in the media and political realm. This along with the other demands of the job can often lead to teacher identity conflict. While teacher identity conflict is a necessary component to growth throughout one's career, lack of support through these challenges can create frustration, stress, and ultimately cause educators to leave the field altogether. This paper explores the research question: How can educators engage in critical self reflection to overcome conflicts in their teacher …

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Climate Change Education For Student Agency, Katie Kirschbaum Jul 2024

Climate Change Education For Student Agency, Katie Kirschbaum

School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Projects

While there is no single solution to climate change, climate change education has been identified as a key component. This capstone paper and the unit plan developed for this capstone project seek to answer the research question: How can a biology curriculum that incorporates climate change science, impacts, and solutions foster a global citizenship mindset and pro-environmental behaviors in high school students? The literature review covers dimensions of global citizenship, defines climate change education, identifies what influences pro-environmental behavior, and discusses adolescent development as it relates to pro-environmental behavior. The resulting ten-lesson unit plan is designed for high school teachers …

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Problem Based Learning And Improved Student Engagement, Equity And Learning Outcomes In High School Social Studies, Nicholas Misenor Jul 2024

Problem Based Learning And Improved Student Engagement, Equity And Learning Outcomes In High School Social Studies, Nicholas Misenor

School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Projects

Research shows that a curriculum with a focus on Problem Based Learning (PBL) can improve student engagement, provide classroom equity and achieve positive learning outcomes to high school students. The core instructional tenets of PBL include student choice, inquiry, and collaborative learning that are key elements in improving motivation, higher order and critical thinking. PBL encourages students to engage in their learning, ask deeper questions, and reflect on the process fostering important metacognitive skills. Assessments in a PBL format are built to gauge student understanding and are used as an analytical tool to close gaps in learning while allowing students …

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Putting Play In The Elementary School Classroom, Robert Mchugh Jul 2024

Putting Play In The Elementary School Classroom, Robert Mchugh

School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Projects

Elementary school is a major setting for children’s development and the beginning of their academic journey learning language arts, math, and more. One of the primary ways that children learn and develop is through play. This capstone addresses the research question: How can organized play opportunities in elementary schools be leveraged to help nurture students’ development and strengthen their academic learning outcomes? This capstone report delves into the author's personal and professional connections to the topic of children’s play. Through the process of literature review, evidence is compiled to show that play opportunities strengthen the development of children’s physical health, …

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Enhancing Civic Education And Engagement In High School Students, Alanna Novacek Jul 2024

Enhancing Civic Education And Engagement In High School Students, Alanna Novacek

School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Projects

This capstone project examines educational methods on how to increase civic engagement and education in high school students, centering on a resource guide and civic learning project. This study discusses how students can utilize family and community support to engage inquiry-based learning skills through a supplementary civics curriculum, and how it enhances their civic knowledge. The literature review delves into themes of civic education, civic engagement, and the integration of local government in civics. Key findings include an analysis of the current state of civics education and its variable knowledge base, an exploration of differing definitions of civic engagement and …

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Using Zombie Literature To Build Skills In Responding To Real Events For High School Students, Sarah Olson Jul 2024

Using Zombie Literature To Build Skills In Responding To Real Events For High School Students, Sarah Olson

School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Projects

This project seeks to enhance student engagement in English language arts through zombie literature, bridging fiction and reality by exploring the question How can zombie literature be used in high school language arts curriculum to discuss and process real-world issues and events? It examines research on fiction's societal impact and horror's ability to boost student interest. The curriculum, adaptable for all high school levels, guides students in connecting fictional narratives to real-life experiences. By exploring the intersection of zombies, literature, and society, the project aims to create a more engaging and relatable learning experience for students.

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Teaching American History In Multicultural Classrooms, Vinita Kartha Jul 2024

Teaching American History In Multicultural Classrooms, Vinita Kartha

School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Projects

This capstone project explores the challenges and strategies involved in teaching American history within multicultural classrooms, focusing on creating a curriculum that addresses the diverse experiences of Black and Indigenous peoples before and after colonization. The project aims to develop a Grade 5 curriculum that highlights the complexity and richness of Black and Indigenous civilizations, offering a more nuanced understanding of history. The curriculum, based on the Understanding by Design (UbD) framework, spans seven days and covers three main strands: the pre-colonization civilizations of Black and Indigenous peoples, the impact of colonization, and the history of British settlers. The project …

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Best Practices In Screening Kindergarten Students For Multilingual Services, Kathryn Conover Jul 2024

Best Practices In Screening Kindergarten Students For Multilingual Services, Kathryn Conover

School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Projects

This research paper aims to answer the question, “what do teachers need to know in order to effectively screen kindergarten students for multilingual services?”. Through a synthesis of relevant research, the paper details the multilingual learner screening process in Minnesota, identifies inefficiencies and validity issues with the process, and suggests revisions to make the process more accurate. Researchers have emphasized the importance of accuracy in screening students, arguing that the overidentification of multilingual students is costly, stealing time and resources from students and teachers. There are many different strategies that can be taken at each step of the kindergarten multilingual …

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Stories Elicit Feelings Of Kinship And Inspire Pro-Environmental Behavior, Ellen Shaw Jul 2024

Stories Elicit Feelings Of Kinship And Inspire Pro-Environmental Behavior, Ellen Shaw

School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Projects

Humans pass down stories to transmit ways of knowing and ways of interacting within their culture. For Indigenous humans, stories give outsiders insight into a deeply intertwined connection with the environment. As a woman of European descent teaching Environmental Education classes, my lack of awareness inspired the question, How can a story lead to adolescents developing a kinship with the more-than-human elements of a place and lead to pro-environmental behavior grounded in reciprocity? The literature review focused on elevating Indigenous authors such as; Robin Wall Kimmerer, Gregory Cajete, Jessica Hernadez, Albert Wiggan, Masanobu Fukuoka. Traditional Ecological Knowledge is the current …

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How Can Urban Nature-Based Preschools Partner With Churches To Support Each Other?, Sarah Sinclair Jul 2024

How Can Urban Nature-Based Preschools Partner With Churches To Support Each Other?, Sarah Sinclair

School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Projects

Nature-based preschools are increasing exponentially across the United States. These preschools combine best practices in early childhood education with place-based environmental education. Nature is the unifying theme of nature-based preschools, with programs spending a significant amount of time outdoors learning in, with, and about the natural world. Many nature-based early childhood educators are seeking to create urban nature-based preschools to reach children and communities with little access to green spaces or natural habitats. Urban nature-based preschools thus require locations that have attached green space or can access public green space easily. In most states of the U.S., these preschools must …

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Translanguaging In The Multilingual Learning And Mainstream Classrooms: A Unit Of Study Designed For Elementary Multilingual Newcomers, Elizabeth Moklestad Jul 2024

Translanguaging In The Multilingual Learning And Mainstream Classrooms: A Unit Of Study Designed For Elementary Multilingual Newcomers, Elizabeth Moklestad

School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Projects

This capstone project aims to find answers to the research question, How can translanguaging be strategically utilized in elementary instruction for multilingual newcomers as they move between language and mainstream classrooms? The question stems from an increased number of multilingual newcomers entering schools in the U.S. This project offers a way to meet the needs of these students through an integration of language learning and content learning that values students’ home languages as a foundation for their learning. In this capstone, the author presents a review of literature on multilingual newcomers, multilingual learning program models, the theory and practice of …

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Engaging Multilingual Learners Through Discussions And Writing Using Interactive Read Alouds In Early Elementary Education, Karen Manthe-Hogan Jul 2024

Engaging Multilingual Learners Through Discussions And Writing Using Interactive Read Alouds In Early Elementary Education, Karen Manthe-Hogan

School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Projects

The project aims to answer how English language teachers can support writing using a multicultural text set to engage early elementary Multilingual Learners. The research focuses on the needs of Multilingual Learners, the benefits of engaging students in discussion and writing, and the positive impacts of sharing multicultural literature. Using culturally responsive literature, the project builds engagement in conversations and writing. The curriculum project is designed as a supplementary writing unit for Multilingual Learners. The project may foster relationships with the students and create a sense of belonging, with discussion points and writing prompts built into the 12-book text set …

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Integrating Environmental Education Into The 4th-Grade Classroom, Brandi Mckenna Jul 2024

Integrating Environmental Education Into The 4th-Grade Classroom, Brandi Mckenna

School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Projects

The growing awareness of the effects of climate change on our planet and the need for solutions that slow, stop, or potentially reverse these effects have led to the desire to increase environmental education in our youth. Research shows that building environmental literacy and stewardship helps create citizens with pro-environmental behaviors. Since the Tbilisi Declaration in 1977, there has been significant growth in environmental education programs in non-traditional education settings. However, despite the need for environmental education, it struggles to gain a strong footing in the traditional classroom. This is due to multiple reasons, with educator preparedness and resources being …

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Faith Development In Informal Environmental Education Through Rock Climbing, Kylie Knutsen Jul 2024

Faith Development In Informal Environmental Education Through Rock Climbing, Kylie Knutsen

School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Projects

The outdoor world invites a sense of wonder, of learning, of believing in something bigger than yourself. In order to foster this connection for years to come, it is necessary to find ways to connect individuals to the land around them. This capstone project answers the question: How can rock climbing contribute to the faith development of students and educators in the informal environmental education setting? Through research into this topic, it is concluded that place-based and outdoor experiences have the opportunity to increase both environmental literacy and Christian faith for individuals and communities. This research was used to develop …

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Ocean Literacy: Understanding The Importance Of Sharks In Marine Ecosystems, Nicole Mueller Januário Jul 2024

Ocean Literacy: Understanding The Importance Of Sharks In Marine Ecosystems, Nicole Mueller Januário

School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Projects

The ocean covers about 71% of our planet’s surface and provides us with food and marine resources. It regulates global climate and weather patterns, and acts as a climate change carbon sink yet remains largely unprotected. A restorative human-ocean relationship is urgently needed to combat the negative impacts of humanity and climate change and support marine biodiversity. Sharks, one of the oldest fish species and apex predators, play a crucial role in maintaining a balanced marine ecosystem and healthy ocean. However, sharks are threatened by climate change and illegal, unregulated, unreported fishing and finning. A radical behavior change is also …

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Experiential Gardening For Environmental Literacy And Food Systems Awareness, Adam De Leeuw Jul 2024

Experiential Gardening For Environmental Literacy And Food Systems Awareness, Adam De Leeuw

School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Projects

School and community gardens have a rich history from the late 19th Century to the present, which includes the voices of Agassiz, Greene, Dewey, Washington Carver, Du Bois, and Montessori. This history spans the periods of school gardens from ‘nature study,’ the School Garden Army, Victory Gardens, the Tbilisi Declaration, and Garden-based learning. The purpose of this capstone project was to answer the following question: What are the individual lessons needed in a curriculum to support and connect experiential school and community garden programs for K-2 youth to serve as effective educational tools for environmental literacy and food systems awareness? …

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Creating A Community Garden To Enhance Environmental Education And Action In 10th-12th Grade Boys, Tess Ingebrigtsen Jul 2024

Creating A Community Garden To Enhance Environmental Education And Action In 10th-12th Grade Boys, Tess Ingebrigtsen

School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Projects

The purpose of this capstone is to understand how making community connections through the creation of a community garden will emphasize environmental education and action from students. The guiding question of this project is: How can creating a community garden enhance environmental education and action for 10th-12th grade boys in a science elective? Throughout this project, I explore how 10th-12th grade boys' perceptions and feelings on environmental education and action develop and change through the process of creating, designing, and maintaining a community garden and making community connections through their school. Throughout this project, a multitude of major learnings occurred …

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Creating Outdoor Learning Opportunities For Neurodiverse Students: An Outdoor Learning Curriculum For Neurodiverse Students, Erin Barnes Jul 2024

Creating Outdoor Learning Opportunities For Neurodiverse Students: An Outdoor Learning Curriculum For Neurodiverse Students, Erin Barnes

School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Projects

This project aimed to answer the question, how can special education teachers provide outdoor learning opportunities for neurodiverse students? The benefits of outdoor learning are well-researched and documented. Spending time in nature reduces stress levels and positively impacts mental health. However, many neurodiverse students in special education settings have limited access to outdoor learning due to concerns about safety, accessibility, and lack of training in environmental education for special education teachers. The need for access to outdoor learning is especially true for students in more restrictive special education settings. This project addresses barriers by providing outdoor learning opportunities that are …

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Creating Culturally Responsive Curriculum For A Special Education Classroom In A Mostly White School, Linda Wozniak Jul 2024

Creating Culturally Responsive Curriculum For A Special Education Classroom In A Mostly White School, Linda Wozniak

School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Projects

This study explores the impact of creating a culturally responsive curriculum for a special education classroom in a mostly White school on students' social emotional learning. Research was conducted of scholarly articles related to the impact of culturally responsive pedagogy in special education and general education classrooms. The impact of a culturally responsive classroom was compared to the historical nature of the American classroom and evidence has proven that students who are exposed to a curriculum that allows all students to find a connection with the materials do better not only academically, but socially-emotionally as well. The curriculum created for …

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Using Geography To Spark Curiosity In Students, Stephen Schmitz Jul 2024

Using Geography To Spark Curiosity In Students, Stephen Schmitz

School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Projects

This capstone project explores geography and student curiosity, designed to answer the research question: How can teachers use geography to spark curiosity in their students? Geography has been an often overlooked and diminished subject, yet it has great potential to engage students. As student apathy and disengagement continue to be an issue within the contemporary school system, this capstone advocates for using geography as a way to spark interest in the subject, and learning altogether. The research undertaken in this capstone has yielded a unit curriculum designed for fifth grade students that weaves important geographic concepts with strategies to spark …

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Revised Draft Final Quarterly Operations And Maintenance Report Butte Treatment Lagoon System – Fourth Quarter 2022, Pioneer Technical Services, Inc. Jul 2024

Revised Draft Final Quarterly Operations And Maintenance Report Butte Treatment Lagoon System – Fourth Quarter 2022, Pioneer Technical Services, Inc.

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.

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Exploring The Relationships Between Food Insecurity, Wic Participation, Early Life Feeding Practices, Diversity Of Dietary Exposures, And Diet Quality In The First Two Years Of Life, Vivian M. Drewelow Jul 2024

Exploring The Relationships Between Food Insecurity, Wic Participation, Early Life Feeding Practices, Diversity Of Dietary Exposures, And Diet Quality In The First Two Years Of Life, Vivian M. Drewelow

Master's Theses

Diet quality during early childhood is a strong predictor of mental and physical outcomes, as well as future diet quality. Although many factors determine diet quality during childhood, food insecurity is a significant predictor of lower diet quality. On the other hand, participation in nutrition assistant programs, such as the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is a significant predictor of higher diet quality. In addition, specific feeding practices, including timing of complementary food and beverage (CFB) introduction, types of CFB introduced early, and diversity of dietary exposures (DD), in the first year may predict future …

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Examining Risk Factors For Early-Onset Breast Cancer, Jennifer Grace Taylor Jul 2024

Examining Risk Factors For Early-Onset Breast Cancer, Jennifer Grace Taylor

Theses and Dissertations

Introduction: There have been great advancements in screening and in the identifying of risk factors associated with breast cancer, however, there is a lack of information of these factors in women with breast cancer occurring under the age of 45, known as early-onset breast cancer (EOBC). EOBC is often found at later stages, negatively impacting young women’s careers, family planning, and mental health. Additionally, because of the health disparities that exist within the U.S. health care system, women belonging to racial and ethnic groups, specifically young Black women, tend to have poorer outcomes and higher mortality rates of EOBC …

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Decisions, Decisions: Dna Damage Induced Modification Of P53 And The Effect Of Modifications On P53 Differential Binding To The Dna, Savannah Gabrielle Keating Jul 2024

Decisions, Decisions: Dna Damage Induced Modification Of P53 And The Effect Of Modifications On P53 Differential Binding To The Dna, Savannah Gabrielle Keating

Theses and Dissertations

p53 is the most frequently mutated tumor suppressor protein in cancer. It is highly regulated, most often via post-translational modifications (PTMs). Different pathways and target genes are differentially activated by p53 and there is much left to understand how this occurs. The regulation of p53 at the post-translational level is incredibly important to its DNA damage response, and, therefore, it is understood that PTMs are often involved in the differential activation of pathways by p53. This project aimed to identify some of the types and locations of post-translational modifications on p53 in response to different modes of DNA damage with …

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Simulation Of A Passive Osmosis-Integrated Electrolyzer For Seawater Electrolysis, Masoomeh Ghasemi Jul 2024

Simulation Of A Passive Osmosis-Integrated Electrolyzer For Seawater Electrolysis, Masoomeh Ghasemi

Theses and Dissertations

Efforts to develop direct seawater electrolysis technology have been ongoing due to the need for pure water in electrolysis and the abundance of seawater. However, progress has been hampered by several issues, including competition with the chlorine evolution reaction, higher membrane resistance, corrosion of electrodes, and scaling from multivalent cations [1]. To avoid these issues, our project has proposed a new reactor that integrates passive osmosis (extracting fresh water from seawater) with electrolysis. In this thesis, we will discuss the operation of the osmosis-integrated electrolyzer and show theoretical predictions of the osmotic pressure differential and water flux/velocity profiles under different …

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Investigating The Mediating Effect Of Social Support In Team Sport Participation On Adolescent Mental Health Outcomes, Olivia Schmitke Jul 2024

Investigating The Mediating Effect Of Social Support In Team Sport Participation On Adolescent Mental Health Outcomes, Olivia Schmitke

Theses and Dissertations

Peer and non-familial adult supportive relationships are a critical part of healthy adolescent development, positively influencing psychological, behavioral, and social domains (e.g., Panza et. al., 2020). Extracurricular sports activities are a source of peer (e.g., teammates) and adult (e.g., coaches) relationships and are associated with favorable impacts on mental health which may be an impactful protective factor given the rise of mental health crisis in youth today. The present study aimed to clarify the relationship mechanisms underlying the benefits of sports participation by examining and effecting social support has on mental health outcomes in adolescents engaged in sports. In doing …

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Improving Health Outcomes For Children With Prenatal Drug Exposure, Macy Belusko, Michele Shaw Jul 2024

Improving Health Outcomes For Children With Prenatal Drug Exposure, Macy Belusko, Michele Shaw

NURS 404/406 Research & Info Management

PICOT Question: What are the mental and/or physical outcomes of children who were exposed to drugs in utero?

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Review Of Agricultural Biomass Burning And Its Impact On Air Quality In The Continental United States Of America, Sai Deepak Pinakana, Amit U. Raysoni, Alqamah Sayeed, Juan L. Gonzalez, Owen Temby, Dawid K. Wladyka, Katarzyna Sepielak Jul 2024

Review Of Agricultural Biomass Burning And Its Impact On Air Quality In The Continental United States Of America, Sai Deepak Pinakana, Amit U. Raysoni, Alqamah Sayeed, Juan L. Gonzalez, Owen Temby, Dawid K. Wladyka, Katarzyna Sepielak

School of Earth, Environmental, & Marine Sciences Faculty Publications

Burning is a common method to dispose agricultural biomass residue. This practice is widely used by farmers during pre- and post-harvest seasons for crops such as wheat, rice, grass seed, soy, cotton, sugarcane, and corn. Farmers choose this method because it is cost and time effective. These burning activities emit several types of pollutants into the atmosphere, including CH4, SOx, NOx, CO, CO2, and particulate matter of different sizes (i.e., PM1, PM2.5 and PM10). Globally, the United States of America ranks third, preceded by China and India, in greenhouse gas emissions due to agricultural burning activities. According to the 2020 …

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Urban Soil Compaction Remediation By Shallow Tillage And Compost In Hydroseeded Lawn, James Jihoon Kang, Adam Flores, Engil Isadora Pujol Pereira, Jungseok Ho Jul 2024

Urban Soil Compaction Remediation By Shallow Tillage And Compost In Hydroseeded Lawn, James Jihoon Kang, Adam Flores, Engil Isadora Pujol Pereira, Jungseok Ho

School of Earth, Environmental, & Marine Sciences Faculty Publications

Construction activities often involve removal of topsoil and compaction of the exposed soil by heavy equipments. Such compacted soils with low organic matter can lead to low infiltration and poor vegetation establishment. The objective of this study was to investigate the efficacy of tillage (shallow till) and compost on soil physical and biological properties in a hydroseeded lawn as a post-construction best management practice for soil compaction remediation. The experimental site received a total of four land treatments in five replicated trials and it was hydroseeded with common Bermuda grass: 1) No Tillage + Compost (NT-C), 2) No Tillage + …

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Antioxidant And Anti-Inflammatory Potential Of Engineered Ceria Nanoparticles In The Management Of Alzheimer's Disease, Shanshan Shi Jul 2024

Antioxidant And Anti-Inflammatory Potential Of Engineered Ceria Nanoparticles In The Management Of Alzheimer's Disease, Shanshan Shi

Theses and Dissertations

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a devastating neurodegenerative disorder that affects millions worldwide. Unfortunately, there are currently no effective therapies available to prevent or cure the disease. While current therapies aim to change AD progression, there is a growing need for novel therapeutic strategies that can effectively penetrate the blood-brain barrier (BBB) to target the underlying pathology of the disease. The BBB is a highly selective semipermeable barrier that separates circulating blood from the brain. It plays a crucial role in amyloid-β (Aβ) homeostasis and clearance dynamics, as Aβ accumulation is a key factor in the pathogenesis of AD. Aβ aggregation …

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