This digital archive of Capstone projects and Master's theses gathers the culminating experiences of both undergraduate and graduate students at CSUMB.
To view capstones and theses separately, please see the links below:
Capstones/Theses from 2014
Capstone Project: Where art thou? : bringing the arts into elementary school classrooms, Deanna Basso
Capstone Project: Where art thou? : bringing the arts into elementary school classrooms, Carolina Liemola
Capstone Project: Where Art Thou?: Bringing the Arts into Elementary School Classrooms, Sean Hagen
Capstone Project: Working with students identified with emotional disturbance within classroom setting, Marc C. Lewis
Master's Thesis: An examination of how SIOP strategies can increase second language acquisition in the secondary science classroom, Kyla Plumlee
Master's Thesis: Assessing transitions from elementary to middle school for students with mild to moderate disabilities, Jonathan Stowers
Master's Thesis: Building investigative skills and critical thinking for middle school students through inquiry based science lessons, Kelly L. Hatteberg
Master's Thesis: Educator Perceptions: The Impact of Male Elementary School Teachers, Rod Matthew Garcia
Master's Thesis: Embedding a unit on environmental education into a fourth-grade curriculum, James Mimosa
Master's Thesis: Estimating Environmental Conditions Affecting Protozoal Pathogen Removal in Wetland Systems Using a Multi-Scale, Model-Based Approach, Miles Eric Daniels
Master's Thesis: Evaluating a Proposed Farm Best Management Practice: Nitrous Oxide Emissions, In-Bed Nitrate and Carbon Monitoring, and Hydraulic Retention Times of Denitrifying Woodchip Bioreactors in Monterey County, California, Christina M. David
Master's Thesis: Evaluating a Proposed Farm Best Management Practice: Nitrous Oxide Emissions, In-Bed Nitrate and Carbon Monitoring, and Hydraulic Retention Times of Denitrifying Woodchip Bioreactors in Monterey County, California, Christina M. David
Master's Thesis: Habitat Associations and Predictive Distribution Models of Commercially Important Rockfish Species Along California's Central Coast, Heather Marie Bolton
Master's Thesis: Habitat associations and predictive distribution models of commercially important rockfish species along California's Central Coast, Heather Marie Bolton
Master's Thesis: Infusing visual arts with elementary school curriculum to promote student equity and academic performance, Celeste Ward
Master's Thesis: Limitations on Nitrogen Removal by Treatment Wetlands Under Maritime Climatic Conditions, Gwen Miller
Master's Thesis: Limitations on Nitrogen Removal by Treatment Wetlands Under Maritime Climatic Conditions, Gwen Miller
Master's Thesis: Listening and hearing the voices of parents with children with autism : a phenomenological study, Nicole Perez
Master's Thesis: Meiofauna community composition at three whale-fall sites in Monterey Bay, California, Gillian Louise Rhett
Master's Thesis: Optimized analysis of variable chlorophyll fluorescence in algal physiology under stress conditions : measuring nothing with confidence, Nicole Bobco
Master's Thesis: Parents and teachers working together to enhance student success in the classroom, Marisela Santana
Master's Thesis: Peer coaching and its effect on teacher efficacy, Edi L. Porter
Master's Thesis: Promoting understanding of special education procedural safeguards through a parental workshop, Alejandra Revilla-Rico
Master's Thesis: Social studies in the elementary grades : a child's right, Aimée Mizuno
Master's Thesis: Supporting general education teachers in the inclusive classroom with students with autism that display challenging behaviors, Maria Elena Ayala
Master's Thesis: The Effectiveness of the Critical Friends Model for Teacher Collaboration, Johanna Miller
Master's Thesis: The Effect of High School Athletics On Academics Success For Students From Disadvantaged Backgrounds, Gregory S. Daniels Jr
Master's Thesis: The impact of behavior-specific praise on student engagement, Evelyn Soto
Master's Thesis: The impact of REWARDS on reading skills of students with learning disabilities, Catherine M. Butler
Master's Thesis: The relationship of social, personal, and academic growth between theatre and non-theatre arts students : a comparative study, Kristy Burchard
Capstones/Theses from 2013
Capstone Project: 10 minutes is better than zero minutes : how to incorporate physical activity into a crunched schedule, Stephany Soto
Capstone Project: Adoption awareness in the elementary classroom, Claire LaBerge
Capstone Project: Anytime, anywhere, anyplace : teaching children what to do when everything goes wrong, Emily Louis
Capstone Project: Art integration through language arts, Kristine Marie Brown
Capstone Project: Arts and crafts in elementary school : blending with curriculum, Caitlin Tungate
Capstone Project: ASAP : sculpting learners or painting in the dark?, Michael D. Whitmer
Capstone Project: Broadening horizons : the benefits of multicultural education at the elementary level, Brittney Stane
Capstone Project: Byteing the bullet : technology use in the classroom, Lisa Johnson
Capstone Project: Byteing the bullet : technology use in the classroom, Laura Bockman
Capstone Project: Computer technology in modern music : a study of current tools and how musicians use them, Garrett Bevins
Capstone Project: Cultivating parent involvement : raising awareness to increase parent participation inside and outside the classroom, Eiriz Krizel H Ilagan
Capstone Project: Cultivating seeds, nourishing minds: : a study of gardening instruction and the impact of student fruit and vegetable intake, Wesley Caleb Ellison
Capstone Project: Do schools need to implement recycling and composting?, Yesenia Perea
Capstone Project: Dyslexic writers : what educators can do to improve writing for dyslexic students, Ann Myers
Capstone Project: Factoring in math anxiety : defining, recognizing, and overcoming apprehensions towards math, Christina J. Aguas
Capstone Project: Fostering success : comprehensive practitioner training to improve foster youth educational attainment, Emma Ramirez
Capstone Project: Garden based education : the importance of agriculture in elementary schools of the Salinas Valley, Maritza Bautista
Capstone Project: Get up, get fit : physical education within elementary schools, Meagan Bebb
Capstone Project: Growing relationships for the future of tomorrow, Mayra R. Ayala
Capstone Project: Helping second grade students be successful in the classroom literacy issues, Michelle Puga
Capstone Project: Higher education requirements for early childhood educators, Anneli Williams
Capstone Project: I'm not white, I'm just a fourth grader : developing race consciousness and social responsibility through California history, Lindy A. Morrison
Capstone Project: Impact of violent videogames on school-aged children, Diana Silva
Capstone Project: Including art into the elementary curriculum to help engage children in their own learning, Virginia L. Pinasco
Capstone Project: Inspire, create, unite : celebrating diversity, Kelsey C. Rowbotham
Capstone Project: Invisible children : migrant students' constant mobility and the effect on their personal identity and academic achievement, Leslie Rodriguez
Capstone Project: Let's talk : beginning the conversation about adoption in elementary classrooms, Carlyann Cheng
Capstone Project: One nation, with liberty and creativity for all, Kallie Booker and Sally Jamieson
Capstone Project: Parent homework involvement, Diana Rocha
Capstone Project: Parents just don't understand, Uziel Diaz
Capstone Project: Preparation of teachers teaching inclusive classrooms : a step to mend inadequate teacher preparation, Kristina Elizabeth Aldrich
Capstone Project: Providing resources to parents of children with special needs, Jennifer Anzalone
Capstone Project: Reading to learn : helping struggling readers succeed in the classroom, Cipriana Abeyta
Capstone Project: Ready or not : are homeschoolers ready for the real world?, Danielle Marie Lovejoy
Capstone Project: Recognize my disabilities, emphasize my possibilities : keeping music in special education classrooms, Kelly Bold
Capstone Project: School sucks : managing middle school stress, Jamie Hendriksz and Frederick Martinez II
Capstone Project: Stop the homework, stop the madness the negative effects of homework on elementary students, Allison J. Bautista
Capstone Project: Supporting elementary students' academics through dance, Pilar Mendoza
Capstone Project: Tape vs. tape emulation, Adam Pardee
Capstone Project: Teaching to incarcerated youth, an inside job : advocating education and incarcerated youth, Chaz Wilson
Capstone Project: Technology use in elementary school classrooms, Jaime Muñoz
Capstone Project: Technology use in elementary school classrooms, Francisco Gutierrez
Capstone Project: The early bird gets the worm : the benefits of early identification and testing for students with learning disabilities, Kathleena Awad
Capstone Project: The increasing need for P.E. in elementary schools, Julie Cooper
Capstone Project: Think globally, act locally, Brooke M. Keith and Katherine M. Sinkewiz
Capstone Project: We are what we eat inside the school lunchbox, Caylie Churchill
Capstone Project: What about me : providing in school support for children of alcoholics, Kayce Dalton
Capstone Project: Wheels on fire : community outreach for therapeutic recreation, Amanda Flores
Capstone Project: Wheels on fire : sparking community outreach for therapeutic recreation, Kacey Peterson
Capstone Project: Wheels on fire : sparking community outreach for therapeutic recreation, Jillian deBar
Capstone Project: Why am I a bad student : improving the effectiveness of learning plans, Samantha Main
Capstone Project: Yearning to breathe free : the quest for unalienable rights, Layne M. Clifton
Capstone Project: Youth employment, Ana Castro
Master's Thesis: An Alternative Compliance Framework for Stormwater Management in the Central Coast Region, Violetta Pristel
Master's Thesis: Analysis of Environmental Factors Affecting Fruit Quality for the 2007 Growing Season in a California Vineyard, Sean Castorani
Master's Thesis: A study of instructional experiences of students with learning disabilities in co-taught and solo-taught inclusive classrooms, Lowella Beverly B Merana
Master's Thesis: Combining self-monitoring procedures and video modeling instruction as a positive behavior intervention, Faith Sterling
Master's Thesis: Effects of adapted assessment and instructional tools to improve academic success in mild-moderate special education students, Holly Emilia Hollingsworth
Master's Thesis: Effects of Landscape Covariates on the Distribution and Detection Probabilities of Mammalian Carnivores on the Former Fort Ord, California, Bartholomew Lukas Kowalski
Master's Thesis: Effects of peer mediated pivotal response training on social skills for children with autism, Josh Kayne
Master's Thesis: Environmental Factors Associated with Toxic Cyanobacteria in Pinto Lake, a Coastal Lake in the Monterey Bay Area, Erin Stanfield
Master's Thesis: Fine-Scale Behavior of Coral Reef Fishes in a Small Floridian Marine Reserve, Jessica Watson
Master's Thesis: Impact of homework on academic achievement of students with severe emotional disabilities in a non public school setting, Reena Sharma
Master's Thesis: Museums as school : collaborative exhibit survey development for high school teachers, Deborah Silguero
Master's Thesis: Optimization and characterization of the bulk FDA viability assay to quantify living planktonic biomass, Brian N. Maurer
Master's Thesis: Readers theater : effect of fluency, comprehension, and attitudes toward reading in middle school students with mild-to-moderate disabilities, Nancy Ames Swan
Master's Thesis: Supporting students with learning disabilities in the general education classroom, Vivian Moe Michaele
Master's Thesis: The Academic and Motivational Impact of California Gateways and Lexia Reading on English Language Learners with Disabilities, Rebecca Hayley Wilner
Master's Thesis: The effects of collaborative strategic reading on high school students in a special day class, Benjamin K. Walker
Master's Thesis: The impact of the whole to part graphic organizer on written recalls for students with learning disabilities in a high school special day class, Michael C. Royster
