This digital archive of Capstone projects and Master's theses gathers the culminating experiences of both undergraduate and graduate students at CSUMB.

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Capstones/Theses from 2014

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

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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

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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

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Master's Thesis: Limitations on Nitrogen Removal by Treatment Wetlands Under Maritime Climatic Conditions, Gwen Miller

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Master's Thesis: Listening and hearing the voices of parents with children with autism : a phenomenological study, Nicole Perez

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Master's Thesis: Meiofauna community composition at three whale-fall sites in Monterey Bay, California, Gillian Louise Rhett

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Master's Thesis: Optimized analysis of variable chlorophyll fluorescence in algal physiology under stress conditions : measuring nothing with confidence, Nicole Bobco

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Master's Thesis: Parents and teachers working together to enhance student success in the classroom, Marisela Santana

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Master's Thesis: Peer coaching and its effect on teacher efficacy, Edi L. Porter

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Master's Thesis: Promoting understanding of special education procedural safeguards through a parental workshop, Alejandra Revilla-Rico

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Master's Thesis: Social studies in the elementary grades : a child's right, Aimée Mizuno

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Master's Thesis: Supporting general education teachers in the inclusive classroom with students with autism that display challenging behaviors, Maria Elena Ayala

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Master's Thesis: The Effectiveness of the Critical Friends Model for Teacher Collaboration, Johanna Miller

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Master's Thesis: The Effect of High School Athletics On Academics Success For Students From Disadvantaged Backgrounds, Gregory S. Daniels Jr

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Master's Thesis: The impact of behavior-specific praise on student engagement, Evelyn Soto

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Master's Thesis: The impact of REWARDS on reading skills of students with learning disabilities, Catherine M. Butler

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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

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Capstone Project: 10 minutes is better than zero minutes : how to incorporate physical activity into a crunched schedule, Stephany Soto

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Capstone Project: Adoption awareness in the elementary classroom, Claire LaBerge

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Capstone Project: Anytime, anywhere, anyplace : teaching children what to do when everything goes wrong, Emily Louis

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Capstone Project: Art integration through language arts, Kristine Marie Brown

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Capstone Project: Arts and crafts in elementary school : blending with curriculum, Caitlin Tungate

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Capstone Project: ASAP : sculpting learners or painting in the dark?, Michael D. Whitmer

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Capstone Project: Broadening horizons : the benefits of multicultural education at the elementary level, Brittney Stane

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Capstone Project: Byteing the bullet : technology use in the classroom, Lisa Johnson

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Capstone Project: Byteing the bullet : technology use in the classroom, Laura Bockman

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Capstone Project: Computer technology in modern music : a study of current tools and how musicians use them, Garrett Bevins

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Capstone Project: Cultivating parent involvement : raising awareness to increase parent participation inside and outside the classroom, Eiriz Krizel H Ilagan

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Capstone Project: Cultivating seeds, nourishing minds: : a study of gardening instruction and the impact of student fruit and vegetable intake, Wesley Caleb Ellison

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Capstone Project: Do schools need to implement recycling and composting?, Yesenia Perea

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Capstone Project: Dyslexic writers : what educators can do to improve writing for dyslexic students, Ann Myers

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Capstone Project: Factoring in math anxiety : defining, recognizing, and overcoming apprehensions towards math, Christina J. Aguas

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Capstone Project: Fostering success : comprehensive practitioner training to improve foster youth educational attainment, Emma Ramirez

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Capstone Project: Garden based education : the importance of agriculture in elementary schools of the Salinas Valley, Maritza Bautista

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Capstone Project: Get up, get fit : physical education within elementary schools, Meagan Bebb

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Capstone Project: Growing relationships for the future of tomorrow, Mayra R. Ayala

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Capstone Project: Helping second grade students be successful in the classroom literacy issues, Michelle Puga

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Capstone Project: Higher education requirements for early childhood educators, Anneli Williams

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Capstone Project: I'm not white, I'm just a fourth grader : developing race consciousness and social responsibility through California history, Lindy A. Morrison

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Capstone Project: Impact of violent videogames on school-aged children, Diana Silva

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Capstone Project: Including art into the elementary curriculum to help engage children in their own learning, Virginia L. Pinasco

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Capstone Project: Inspire, create, unite : celebrating diversity, Kelsey C. Rowbotham

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Capstone Project: Invisible children : migrant students' constant mobility and the effect on their personal identity and academic achievement, Leslie Rodriguez

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Capstone Project: Let's talk : beginning the conversation about adoption in elementary classrooms, Carlyann Cheng

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Capstone Project: One nation, with liberty and creativity for all, Kallie Booker and Sally Jamieson

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Capstone Project: Parent homework involvement, Diana Rocha

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Capstone Project: Parents just don't understand, Uziel Diaz

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Capstone Project: Preparation of teachers teaching inclusive classrooms : a step to mend inadequate teacher preparation, Kristina Elizabeth Aldrich

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Capstone Project: Providing resources to parents of children with special needs, Jennifer Anzalone

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Capstone Project: Reading to learn : helping struggling readers succeed in the classroom, Cipriana Abeyta

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Capstone Project: Ready or not : are homeschoolers ready for the real world?, Danielle Marie Lovejoy

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Capstone Project: Recognize my disabilities, emphasize my possibilities : keeping music in special education classrooms, Kelly Bold

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Capstone Project: School sucks : managing middle school stress, Jamie Hendriksz and Frederick Martinez II

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Capstone Project: Stop the homework, stop the madness the negative effects of homework on elementary students, Allison J. Bautista

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Capstone Project: Supporting elementary students' academics through dance, Pilar Mendoza

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Capstone Project: Tape vs. tape emulation, Adam Pardee

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Capstone Project: Teaching to incarcerated youth, an inside job : advocating education and incarcerated youth, Chaz Wilson

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Capstone Project: Technology use in elementary school classrooms, Jaime Muñoz

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Capstone Project: Technology use in elementary school classrooms, Francisco Gutierrez

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Capstone Project: The early bird gets the worm : the benefits of early identification and testing for students with learning disabilities, Kathleena Awad

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Capstone Project: The increasing need for P.E. in elementary schools, Julie Cooper

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Capstone Project: Think globally, act locally, Brooke M. Keith and Katherine M. Sinkewiz

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Capstone Project: We are what we eat inside the school lunchbox, Caylie Churchill

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Capstone Project: What about me : providing in school support for children of alcoholics, Kayce Dalton

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Capstone Project: Wheels on fire : community outreach for therapeutic recreation, Amanda Flores

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Capstone Project: Wheels on fire : sparking community outreach for therapeutic recreation, Jillian deBar

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Capstone Project: Wheels on fire : sparking community outreach for therapeutic recreation, Kacey Peterson

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Capstone Project: Why am I a bad student : improving the effectiveness of learning plans, Samantha Main

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Capstone Project: Yearning to breathe free : the quest for unalienable rights, Layne M. Clifton

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Capstone Project: Youth employment, Ana Castro

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Master's Thesis: An Alternative Compliance Framework for Stormwater Management in the Central Coast Region, Violetta Pristel

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Master's Thesis: Analysis of Environmental Factors Affecting Fruit Quality for the 2007 Growing Season in a California Vineyard, Sean Castorani

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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

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Master's Thesis: Combining self-monitoring procedures and video modeling instruction as a positive behavior intervention, Faith Sterling

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Master's Thesis: Effects of adapted assessment and instructional tools to improve academic success in mild-moderate special education students, Holly Emilia Hollingsworth

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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

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Master's Thesis: Effects of peer mediated pivotal response training on social skills for children with autism, Josh Kayne

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Master's Thesis: Environmental Factors Associated with Toxic Cyanobacteria in Pinto Lake, a Coastal Lake in the Monterey Bay Area, Erin Stanfield

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Master's Thesis: Fine-Scale Behavior of Coral Reef Fishes in a Small Floridian Marine Reserve, Jessica Watson

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Master's Thesis: Impact of homework on academic achievement of students with severe emotional disabilities in a non public school setting, Reena Sharma

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Master's Thesis: Museums as school : collaborative exhibit survey development for high school teachers, Deborah Silguero

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Master's Thesis: Optimization and characterization of the bulk FDA viability assay to quantify living planktonic biomass, Brian N. Maurer

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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

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Master's Thesis: Supporting students with learning disabilities in the general education classroom, Vivian Moe Michaele

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Master's Thesis: The Academic and Motivational Impact of California Gateways and Lexia Reading on English Language Learners with Disabilities, Rebecca Hayley Wilner

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Master's Thesis: The effects of collaborative strategic reading on high school students in a special day class, Benjamin K. Walker

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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

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Master's Thesis: Transition handbook for parents and students exiting special education services, Lorraine M. Gonzales Ramirez

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Master's Thesis: Use of technology to increase expressive communication skills of students with autism, Catherine McMinn

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Master's Thesis: Using functional assessment procedures and behavior intervention strategies for students with severe disabilities, Abigail Williams

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Master's Thesis: Video modeling as a strategy for independent living skill acquisition among adults with autism spectrum disorder, Ricardo Lopez

Capstones/Theses from 2012

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Capstone Project: Achieving recovery for patients in hospital rehabilitation units through education, Sylvia Zendejas

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Capstone Project: Almost there : a totally awesome study of animated Disney films and the development of American values, Allyson Scott

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Capstone Project: Benefits of integrating more physical activity for students in the elementary school classroom, Shannon Buegeler

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Capstone Project: Breaking the silence : understanding and overcoming social anxiety, Kevin Shimizu

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Capstone Project: Building strong women : addressing the needs of at-risk pre-teen girls, Sarah Walton

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Capstone Project: Come together : how educators can create community within their classrooms, Emily D. Petersen

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Capstone Project: Danger in familiarities : sex education and adolescent sexuality in the early 20th century, Sadie Johnson