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Capstone Experience Capstone Research Project
This document discusses capstone experiences as a high-impact educational practice. It provides an overview of what capstone projects entail, including research papers, performances, or portfolios that integrate and apply what students have learned. Capstones are offered both within departments and in general education. The benefits of capstones are highlighted as increasing confidence, developing skills, and preparing students for graduation. Honors College students at UNT can complete an honors thesis as their capstone course. References on capstone experiences are also provided.
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- 1. CAPSTONE EXPERIENCE CAPSTONE RESEARCHPROJECT Greg Hardin Library Learning Services and/or Undergraduate Student Engagement & Research Department Retreat Thursday, August 10, 2023
- 2. HIGH-IMPACT EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES High- Impact Practices First-Year Seminars and Experiences Common Intellectual Experiences Learning Communities Writing- Intensive Courses Collaborative Assignments andProjects Undergrad Research Diversity/ Global Learning ePortfolios Service Learning, Community- Based Learning Internships Capstone Courses and Projects Kuh, G. D. 2008. High-impact practices: What they are, who has access to them, and why they matter. Washington, DC: Association of American Colleges and Universities.
- 3. CAPSTONE Whether they’re called“senior capstones” or some other name, these culminating experiences require students nearing the end of their college years to create a project of some sort that integrates and applies what they’ve learned. The project might be a research paper, a performance, a portfolio of “best work,” or an exhibit of artwork. Capstones are offered both in departmental programs and, increasingly, in general education as well. https://www.aacu.org/trending-topics/high-impact
- 4. CAPSTONE COURSES AND PROJECTS Capstone Courses and Projects Research Paper/ Major Project Course Internship or Field Program Portfolio Building Course Group Project Course Kuh, G. D. 2008. High-impact practices: What they are, who has access to them, and why they matter. Washington, DC: Association of American Colleges and Universities.
- 5. CAPSTONE – WHAT MAKESIT A HIGH IMPACT PRACTICE? • Performance expectations set at appropriately high levels. • Significant investment of concentrated effort by students over an extended period of time. • Interactions with faculty and peers about substantive matters. • Experiences with diversity; wherein students are exposed to and must contend with people and circumstances that differ from those with which the students are familiar. • Opportunities to discover relevance of learning to real-world applications. • Public demonstration of competence. • Periodic, structured opportunities to reflect and integrate learning. https://www.centerforengagedlearning.org/resources/capstone-experiences/
- 6. BENEFITS OF ACAPSTONE COURSE • Increases Confidence • Develops Skills • Prepares for Graduation • Builds Resume
- 7. HONORS COLLEGE CAPSTONETHESIS Honors College Capstone Thesis, 4951, allows a student in the Honors College to complete an honors thesis as a course within the student’s major. The Honors College Capstone Thesis is a major research project prepared by the student with the mentorship of a faculty member in the student’s major department. An oral defense is required for successful completion of the thesis. UG Catalog Academics Section: http://catalog.unt.edu/content.php?catoid=32&navoid=3551
- 8. UNT ALL UGCOURSES MyUNT https://my.unt.edu/psc/ps/EMPLOYEE/SA/c/NUI_FRAMEWORK.PT_LANDINGPAGE.GBL
- 9. UNT FALL 20223UG COURSES MyUNT https://my.unt.edu/psc/ps/EMPLOYEE/SA/c/NUI_FRAMEWORK.PT_LANDINGPAGE.GBL
- 10. THE ACRL INFORMATION LITERACYFRAMEWORK Explore Create Inquire Value Converse Construct FRAMES
- 11. CAPSTONE – TOTHINK ABOUT • Does your subject area / department have a capstone? • The capstone is a culmination of an academic career bringing together the student’s previous learning, projects, and experience. • Think scaffolding across the student’s academic experience and how the information literacy framework can be interwoven throughout. • What ways can you participate, instruct, or help faculty and students not only with capstones but in all steps along the way towards the capstone?
- 12. REFERENCES Elon University. Centerfor Engaged Learning. Bibliography Category: Capstone Experiences https://www.centerforengagedlearning.org/bibliography/category/capstone-experiences/ (Twenty-six references in this annotated bibliography) Ketcham, Caroline J., Anthony G. Weaver, Jessie L. Moore, and Peter Felten. “Living Up to the Capstone Promise: Improving Quality, Equity, and Outcomes in Culminating Experiences. In (2022) Promise of High Impact Practices, edited by John Zilvinskis, Jillian Kinzie, Jerry Daday, Ken O’Donnell, and Carleen Vande Zande. Stylus Publishing. https://discover.library.unt.edu/catalog/b7530065 Kirkscey, R., Vale, J., Weiss, J. M., & Hill, J. (2021). Capstone Experience Purposes: An International, Multidisciplinary Study. Teaching & Learning Inquiry, 9(2), 1–21. https://doi- org.libproxy.library.unt.edu/10.20343/teachlearninqu.9.2.19 Kuh G. D. Schneider C. G. & Association of American Colleges and Universities. (2008). High-impact educational practices : what they are who has access to them and why they matter. Association of American Colleges and Universities.