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A Curriculum: Integration Of Sixth Grade Common Core And Wida 2020 Standards, Anna Sanford
A Curriculum: Integration Of Sixth Grade Common Core And Wida 2020 Standards, Anna Sanford
School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Projects
Prior to the 2020 WIDA Standards Framework, English language development instruction has taken many forms; however, this newest framework outlined the need for language to be taught in content instead of isolation. Based on the new standards the question, How can the 6th grade English language arts curriculum be improved to incorporate the WIDA 2020 standards in order to better support ELL students? emerged. The standards coupled with various scholars’ research identified in this project, made it clear that the best language instruction is taught in explicit, direct, and authentic ways. Based on these findings, this capstone identifies intentional instructional …
How Can Teachers Utilize A Curriculum To Expand Students’ Knowledge Of Waste Management And Change Their Waste Reduction Behaviors?, Alexis Craig
School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Projects
Research has shown that environmental education is an important tool to develop students’ knowledge of the environment and foster more environmentally friendly behaviors (Braun et. al., 2018). Lack of education in waste management and waste reduction fields has led to confusion on where waste goes, what can be recycled, and how students’ can change their behaviors to reduce their waste footprint. This paper investigates waste management in the United States and North Dakota, and how it can be implemented into an environmental education curriculum. The curriculum designed for this project uses this information and these environmental education and behavior change …
Fostering Students’ Sense Of Belonging And Inclusion Through Community Involvement, Rebecca Batchelder
Fostering Students’ Sense Of Belonging And Inclusion Through Community Involvement, Rebecca Batchelder
School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Projects
This paper examines resource availability and allocation within schools and, through its investigation, identifies the greater community system as an underutilized source of talent. To better understand and use the greater community as a resource, this paper will consider the impact on students’ social-emotional growth. More specifically, how does community involvement in the classroom, specifically through the use of community-based learning practices, impact a student’s sense of belonging and inclusion? Community-based learning practices are rooted in authentic learning experiences where students collaborate with community partners to address community needs and objectives. Students, educators, and members of the greater community all …
How Can Personalized Learning In The Environmental Classroom Inspire Student-Led Environmental Action And Advocacy?, Sarah Bingea
How Can Personalized Learning In The Environmental Classroom Inspire Student-Led Environmental Action And Advocacy?, Sarah Bingea
School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Projects
Environmental education plays a major role in developing environmentally literate citizens who are prepared as future leaders and problem solvers in the environmental field. A personalized learning model supports the goals of environmental education by allowing students to determine individual goals, providing students autonomy to make their own choices, and giving students learner agency to use their voice and take action in their communities (Rickabaugh, 2016). This capstone project addresses the question: How can personalized learning in the environmental classroom inspire student-led environmental action and advocacy? The project includes a personalized learning curriculum to be utilized in a sixth grade …
Utilizing Experiential Education In Nature-Based Settings To Impact Pro-Environmental Behaviors, Delaney Babich
Utilizing Experiential Education In Nature-Based Settings To Impact Pro-Environmental Behaviors, Delaney Babich
School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Projects
Spending time in nature can have many effects on a person. I wanted to find out if one of these effects was a change in behavior regarding sustainable actions and mindsets. The research question posed for this project is: How does experiential education in a nature based setting impact pro-environmental behaviors? After researching many different forms of outdoor education and frameworks widely used in education, I decided my project would consist of an interactive activity booklet meant to be taken to a park or natural space along the Mississippi River in the Twin Cities, or the surrounding areas. I wanted …
Implementing The Next Generation Science And Engine, Aliex Friend
Implementing The Next Generation Science And Engine, Aliex Friend
School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Projects
This capstone project aims to answer the research question, How can teachers best implement the Next Generation Science and Engineering Practices to facilitate engaging and effective science instruction in an 8th grade classroom? This project was influenced by the shift in science teaching brought on by the 2019 Minnesota Science Standards. As an eighth grade science teacher in Minnesota, I wanted to learn more about the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and how they relate to the 2019 Minnesota Science Standards. My research in this capstone project focuses on best practices for implementation of the NGSS Science and Engineering Practices …
How Can Environmental Based Library Programming Benefit Communities?, Samantha Morrison
How Can Environmental Based Library Programming Benefit Communities?, Samantha Morrison
School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Projects
As technology advances, and cities and population grow, there is a higher need for environmental education. Outdoor education provides many benefits in many different ways. Libraries offer free services to everyone in the community and provide the perfect opportunity to give everyone a chance to learn about the environment. This project focuses on enhancing library programming through nature based learning, asking the question How can communities benefit from environmental education focused library programming? Research shows that there are many different benefits to environmental education and exposure to nature. The literature reviews discusses how outdoor learning is good on mental and …
Increasing Ocean Environment Awareness In Land-Locked Middle School Students, Krista Espelien
Increasing Ocean Environment Awareness In Land-Locked Middle School Students, Krista Espelien
School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Projects
Abstract The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has defined ocean literacy as an “understanding of the ocean’s influence on you — and your influence on the ocean” (NOAA, 2013). Students are future decision-makers and engaging them in ocean literacy is vital as they will continue to be confronted with climate change throughout their lives. This capstone project addresses the question: How can experiential education on the topic of coral reef restoration increase the investment of land-locked, middle school students in marine conservation? This document identifies how ocean literacy and marine science topics are poorly represented in school curricula despite …
Social And Emotional Learning In An Open Space, Emily Stein
Social And Emotional Learning In An Open Space, Emily Stein
School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Projects
Utilizes an adaptation of the open space technology (OST) method to support 9‐12‐year‐old attendees of residential summer camps in proposing, developing, and facilitating own camp activities. Provides intentional support for development of social and emotional learning (SEL) competencies laid out by Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (2020). Specifies examples of skills from each competency and where practiced in the curriculum. Offers considerations for supporting diverse individuals and groups in practice.
Teachers Describe Their Confidence In Teaching Secondary Students With Low Literacy Skills, Tamara Polzin
Teachers Describe Their Confidence In Teaching Secondary Students With Low Literacy Skills, Tamara Polzin
School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Theses and Dissertations
For some students, grasping the concept of literacy is completed with ease. For others, the challenges of developing literacy skills to aid in their ability to move from learning to read to reading to learn proves challenging. These challenges cause a gap in literacy growth and have shown to increase as students get older preventing them from fully accessing the concepts found in the secondary setting. As such, secondary educators are being called upon with the assumption that all teachers are teachers of reading. With this in mind, this qualitative research study aimed to uncover secondary social studies teachers’ understanding …
Scouts Bsa Wood Badge Through The Lens Of Senge’S Disciplines Of A Learning Organization, Wendy Marik
Scouts Bsa Wood Badge Through The Lens Of Senge’S Disciplines Of A Learning Organization, Wendy Marik
School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Theses and Dissertations
This qualitative case study used researcher participation, participant surveys and participant interviews to explore the presence of the five disciplines of Senge’s learning organization in the training of adult volunteer leaders in Scouts BSA’s Wood Badge in 2021. It also examined how the prevalence of Senge’s five disciplines affected Scouters’ perceptions of Wood Badge training.The study included survey results from 30 participants and interviews with four participants at Northern Star Council’s Wood Badge course in 2021. Findings indicated that all five of Senge’s disciplines were present in Scouts BSA’s Wood Badge course. The study confirmed that Scouts BSA is a …