MLC Graduate Studies Capstone Projects

MLC Graduate Studies

Information about MLC's graduate programs

• An Advanced Placement United States Government and Politics Curriculum
• College and Career Readiness for Upper Elementary and Middle School Curriculum-Based Rubrics & College Culture
• A Comprehensive Novel-Based Reading Curriculum for Third Grade (E. M. Malme - Aug. 2024)
• Cross-Curricular Technology Integration Curriculum
• Designing and Implementing a Latin Language Curriculum Unit for Middle School Learners
• Enhancing Student Writing Skills and Passion for Writing Using the Writer’s Workshop Approach
• Implementing Guided Reading Into the Balanced Reading Curriculum of a Multi-age Classroom
• Implementing Numbers and Math Curriculum by Learning Without Tears
• Leadership Curriculum Project
• Music: The Link to Literacy
• An Online Algebra 1 Course
• Profits and Gains: How Adding Direct Instruction to The Checkbook Game Effects Students’ Financial Competency and Confidence
• 7/8th Grade Read-Aloud Curriculum/Plan
• Spelling: A Differentiated Curriculum for Students in Fifth Grade
• Student-Centered Online Foreign Language Instruction
• Teaching Chinese with a Top-Down Approach (TDA) Through a Flipped Learning Instruction Model (FLIM)
• Technology Curriculum in Grades 5-8
• Training volunteers for Children’s Ministry – A handbook for leadership development in Chinese Lutheran Church of Honolulu
• The Unchanging Truth for a Changing World A Semester Curriculum for Middle School Grades
• Using a Flipped Classroom for Algebra 1
• Using Technology with the Next Generation Science Standards: A Semester Curriculum for 7th/8th Grade
• WELS SPED Programs A Shift in the System (G. Plitzuweit - Aug. 2024)

• Assessment Tools: Research and Application in an Extended Learning Program
• Backward Design in the Education Training of Parish Pastors
• Basic Nurse Assistant Program Hybridization An Implementation Plan
• Building Teacher-Student Relationships in a Multicultural Middle School Classroom
• Christ-Centered Professional Development Program for Science Instruction
• Collaborative Learning in the Middle School World Language Classroom - A Comparison Between Pairing and Grouping (N. C. Wagner - Mar. 2024)
• Completing the Circle of Gospel Ministry
• Curriculum Study Training of Our Savior Lutheran School Faculty in Peridot, Arizona
• Developing a Peer Tutoring Program for Minnesota Valley Lutheran High School
• Developing Youth Groups for the Twenty-First Century
• The Effect of Using an Authentic Writing Task on Students’ Attitudes toward Writing
• Effective Marketing and Enrollment Practices for Salem Lutheran School
• The Effectiveness of Mentoring for Technology Professional Development in the Lutheran Elementary School (D. J. Waege - Feb. 2024)
• The Effects of Physically Active Lessons on Engagement in a Fifth- and Sixth- Grade Classroom
• Eliminating Argumentative Behavior in a Young Student: A Single Subject Case Study and Intervention Plan
• Emotion Regulation in Urban Poverty: A Guide for Teachers
• Exemplars in Problem-Solving in Physics Instruction
• Exploration of Federal, State, School District, And Divine Savior Academy Special Education Practices, And Informing Parents About Special Education Resources Available Through The Local Education Agency
• Exploring Differentiation for Students with Disabilities
• A Guide to Developing and Maintaining a Thriving Volunteer Community
• The Impact of Witnessing Training on Middle School Students
• Implementing an Organization-Wide Family Bible Study Program
• Implementing Research-based Spelling Instruction
• Implementing Trauma-Informed Practice in Kindergarten
• Improving Student Attitude Toward Science Through Active, Collaborative Learning
• International Student Winter Recruitment Program
• Lutheran Elementary School Revitalization: A Case Study of Sienna Lutheran Academy
• Making Assessment Meaningful in Math Class
• Marketing in WELS Schools: Efforts to Increase Enrollment and Improve Retention
• Meeting the Needs of Diverse Learners in a Multigrade Classroom through UDL (B. . Steinfeldt - June 2024)
• Meditation - Investigating the effects of guided, biblical meditation on the Christian’s physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being. (J. M. Favorite - June 2024)
• Military Family’s Children with Special Needs: A Dual Challenge
• Nutrition and Nitrogen Cycle Instruction in Timor Using A STEM Approach with Aquaponics
• A Participatory Program Evaluation Conducted at St. John Lutheran School
• Principals in Transition: A Guide for Lutheran Principals
• Standard-Referenced Grading
• Student Enrollment Study in a WELS School
• Teaching Literature Through Discussion
• To Understand and Support a Child with Special Needs
• Understnding Early Reading Intervention: Providing Opportunity for a Struggling Reader and His Teacher
• Using the Danielson Framework for Teaching to Improve Instructional Coaching and Formative Evaluation at St. Paul’s Lutheran School – Muskego, WI
• Using Formative Assessment and Feedback to Build Communication of Understanding in Online Courses
• Using Mindfulness-Based Interventions to Help Students Cope with Stress in School (L. M. Eriksen - Apr. 2024)
• The Value of Proficiency Scales in Standards-Based Grading

• Collaboration in Special Education: Working Together to Ensure Success For All Students
• Exploration of Accommodations, Modifications, and Differentiation of Instruction for Students With Special Needs
• Exploration of Evidence-Based Practices to Address the Literacy Needs of Struggling Students in Rural Schools
• Freeman Davis Elementary School Special Education Internship (S. E. Larson - Aug 2023)
• Test Administration, Progress Monitoring, and Record-Keeping
• Understanding Learning Disabilities, Classroom Instruction, and Legal Operations

This is a Capstone category that is no longer available to students. However, completed projects are listed and available below.

• An Analysis of Research to Determine Developmentally Appropriate Practices for English Language Learners at St. Matthew’s Lutheran Japanese Preschool
• A Definition of Mathematics Problem Solving and Instructional Methodologies That Foster Student Problem-Solving Abilities
• Examples of Effective Formative Assessment
• The Importance of Early Childhood Learning Centers
• The Importance of Professional Learning Communities to Improve Classroom Instruction

• Accommodating Exceptional Students: The State of the WELS
• Administrative Release Time in Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) Schools
• An Analysis of Servant Leadership in the Lutheran Elementary Schools of the Nebraska and Dakota-Montana Districts of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS)
• Analysis of the Perceptions and Outcomes Associated with the WELS School Accreditation (WELSSA) Process
• Best Practices of Teacher Training on Teacher Retention in Early Childhood Education (T. J Beduze - Mar 2024)
• The Changing Demographics of WELS Schools
• Characteristics of Effective WELS Teachers in Urban Schools
• The Correlation Between Certain Variables and the Knowledge, Attitude, and Behavior of Teachers Who Have Done Curriculum Mapping
• Descriptive Study of Open, Semi-Open, and Closed Enrollment Policies in WELS Schools
• Do Cyborgs Have Hope-Transhumanism, Technology, and the Incarnation of Christ (B. Steenbock) May 2021
• The Effect of Three Reading Comprehension Strategies on Reading Comprehension when Reading Digital Informational Texts
• Effective Classroom Instructional Practices in a Teaching Abroad Setting - A WELS Teachers Case Study of the Caribbean Mission (T-C Wolf - May 2024)
• Effective Family Ministry
• Effects of Perceived School Climate on Enrollment in WELS Elementary Schools
• Evaluation of the Development and Implementation of School Climate in WELS Schools
• Evaluating the WELS Principal Training Program
• The Impact of School Vouchers on WELS Lutheran Schools
• The Importance of Social and Emotional Learning in WELS ECMs
• An Overall Look at the Health and Wellness of WELS Elementary School Students
• Predicting Success in Physical Science at Minnesota Valley Lutheran High School Using the Terranova Comprehensive Achievement Tests
• Principal Effectiveness
• The Principal-Pastor Relationship (A. J. Bilitz - May 2024)
• Professional Learning Communities in WELS Elementary Schools
• Reading Self-Concept and Academic Reading Ability in Beginning Readers: Do They Match?
• The Relationship between Early Childhood Learning Centers and Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Lutheran Elementary School Enrollment
• The Relationship between Mental Mathematics and Finger Dexterity as Applied in Playing Piano
• The Relationship between Multigrade Classrooms and Reading and Mathematics Achievement in WELS Elementary Schools
• The Relationship Between Tuition and Enrollment in WELS Lutheran Elementary Schools
• The Role of the WELS Early Childhood Ministry Director
• School Accreditation and its Impact on Our WELS Schools
• School Choice and Its Effects on the Spiritual and Academic Growth of Students
• Secondary Education and Out-of-Field Teaching in the WELS (K. G. Fax - May 2024)
• A Study on the Financial Support of our WELS Elementary Schools
• Timeless Yet Timely: An Examination of the Biblical Principle of Headship and Its Applications
• Training Teachers to be Effective Multicultural Educators
• WELS Early Childhood Outreach: An Investigation of Program Strategies