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Submissions from 2024

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Orienting Volunteers on Cultural Awareness and Empathy While Working With Refugees, Sangya Dhungana

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Give Us This Day: A (Secular) Case for Observing the Sabbath, Thomas (T.J.) Karis

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Powered by Reflection: Narrative Case Study Investigation of CCT-Inspired Action Learning Practice, Joyce W. Swagerty

Submissions from 2023

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Lifelong Learning & Mindsets: Two Critical Components to Further Your Thinking and Learning, Andrew Castagna

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Designing a Coloring Book as a Tool to Introduce Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Billie Beth Charles

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Exploring the Path That Has Led to a Fragmented Curriculum, Driven by High Stakes Testing, Sidelining Science, Emily L. Flaherty

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A Framework for Introducing and Sustaining Play at Work, Hans A. Helgeson

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Greatness Restored: The Development of an Alternative to Suspension Program, Matthew Jose

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Neurodiversity in The Classroom: Reframing General Educators’ Thoughts on Neurodiversity and Inclusion, Ivy Madden

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In Pursuit of Failure: A Project-Based Learning Approach to Introducing Generative Failure Into High School Physics, Bradford O'Brien

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Two Identities Two Impostors One Student, Randy Valdez

Submissions from 2022

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Building Constructive Interpersonal Communication Skills in Military Professionals: Generating a Culture of Trust, April L. Baptiste Robertson

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Rethinking Human-Local Wildlife Relations, Yin Chan

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The Careful Educator, Linwood Jackson Jr.

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Writing to Learn: A Course Design and Educational Resources, Geoff Keston

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On a Mission: Examination of Graduate Resources for Multicultural Women at The University of Massachusetts Boston, Annmarie McCluskey

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Reimagining Information Literacy Instruction Through Faculty Development, Erin McCoy

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A Metacognitive Approach to Video Game Coaching, Timothy Brian Nuryadi

Meetings in Third Space: Heterotopias and the Changing Culture of Alaska Natives, Cynthia Romer

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A Framework for Understanding How People Can Draw Different Conclusions Based on The Same Information, Evan Schapiro

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Paths of My Development in the CCT Program, Russell Suereth

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Exploring the Impact of Stress on Healthcare Student Competency: A Cognitive Model for Self-Regulating Performance During High-Stakes Scenarios, Michael J. Teachey

Submissions from 2021

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Nourishment for Life: A Study in Nutrition from a Philosophical & Scientific Perspective, Erin C. Black

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Developing a Theater Skills-Based Workshop to Facilitate Exploration of Self-Identity for Young People, Natasha N. Goss

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Assessing the Role of Motivational Factors in Facilitating Artists’ Personal and Professional Development, Ece Gurler

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Systems Thinking: The Organisation as a Living System, Kate Mills

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Counterpoint: Laying the Groundwork for the First Geospatial Red Team, Rachel Parkin

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Reimagining the Role of Physical Space in Future Human Thriving, Adrian Young

Submissions from 2020

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Critical and Creative Thinking Practices and Principles to Improve Audiovisual Production, Paula Andrea Avila Jimenez

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Art and Science: Utilizing Steam Education to Promote Empathetic Scientific Literacy and Global Citizenship, Ali Orsi Davis

The Importance of Empathy: A Two Way Street, Alex Domenikos

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Food and Health: Promoting the Importance of Maintaining a Healthy Diet to Minimize Disease in Individuals at Greatest Risk, Nadjia Edwards

Exploring the Foundations of Self-Leadership to Develop the Self-Efficacy Required to Perform, in the Journey of Leading the Self Before Leading Others, Margarita M. Gonzalez-Giraldo

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Developing an Online Health Community for Autoimmune Disease Patients Through Self-Managed Diet, Rachel Greene

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Argo Navis: A Drifting Circumambulation, Kyle D. Lemstrom

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The Role of Play in Fostering Creativity and Purpose, Caitlin Quarrington

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Advocating for Culturally Responsive Practices in the IB Diploma Programme: Tapping in the Potential of Acid Tests to Foster Coherence Between the IB Principles and Teaching Practices, Timizay Ruiz Pineda

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Designing a Toolbox to Improve Creative Output: A Guide for Cultivating Critical, Creative, and Conceptual Thinking Skills in an Increasingly Distracted Society, Cara Tuttle

Submissions from 2019

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Undoing the Internalized Impacts of White Supremacy: Envisioning Anti-Racist Change with White Teachers at a 6-12 Urban Pilot School, Casey Z. Andrews

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Exploring Critical And Creative Thinking Tools As A Means To Support Self-Sustainability, Azra Caus

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Achieving a Student’s Academic and Career Success: A Personalized Reflection of Experience in Higher Education, Russell DeLuca-Kavanagh

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Wanting It All: Designing and Developing a Sustainable Life of Meaning and Purpose Through Reflective Practice, Janell Burley Hofmann

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Action Today for Tomorrow: Examining How Building a Video Montage Over Time Impacts a Family, Phillip MacDonald

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Self-reflective Journaling: A Practice for Achieving Self-Understanding and Acceptance, Overcoming Creative Resistance, and Moving Toward Ideal Self, Courtney Moses

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Movin’ Right Along: Developing Creative Methods of Science Communication in a Modern World, Charity Southworth

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From Word to World: Designing Children’s Literature to Empower Thoughtful Engagement in Life and Learning, Lauren Taub

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Meta Me on an Ecstatic Walk with Hansel and Gretel: A Reflection of Dispensed, Reclaimed and Reframed Existence, Laura White

Submissions from 2018

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Cultivating the Mindset for Creative Output, Alison Akell

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Alliance Activism: Feminist and videogame learning principles in building an identity-based, personal-development roadmap addressing subjective bias and discrimination, delivered in a mass-briefing format using videogame terminology, Erik Anker

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Method Theory: Finding a Connection and Making Meaning in Literature, Andrew Blom

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Applying Critical Thinking Skills for Successful Pilot Projects, Shawna Flaherty

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Reflection and Growth in Teaching: Designing and Implementing a High School Biology and Society Course Using Action Research, Bradley J. Kozel

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Growing Together: Personal Reflection and Understanding Can Foster Team Development, Rachael Layne

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Building a Successful Community & Family Engagement Pilot: Advocating for Student Success, Denise Manning

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My CCT Journey to Become a History Teacher and Creativity and Art in a Facing History Classroom - The Holocaust and Human Behavior Curriculum, Amy McLaughlin-Hatch

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Designing a Social Architecture for Personal Leadership in the 21st Century: The Autonomous Realization Tetrad (ART), Bobby Ricketts

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Meaning and Purpose in Adolescent Education: How Educators Can Help Adolescents Develop Purpose and Use It To Maximize Meaningfulness in Their Lives, Andrew L. Smith

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Smuggling in Creativity: My process of creating spaces in the hierarchical school system of the Republic of Korea to stash the seeds of creative thinking, Ray Symonds

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A Critical Perspective to Managing Generational Diversity in The Workspace in East Asia, Debra Moh Yunni

Submissions from 2017

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Real World Application of CCT Tools: How Reflection, Dialogue Processes and Action Research were used to promote organizational change and student success in Re-Engagement Work, Kayla D. Faust

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The Resolute Student, Wipa Khampook

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Transformational Leadership For Growth In Changing Times, David Kooharian

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Steps Towards an Integration of Critical and Creative Thinking through Reflective Practice, Amy Seidl

Submissions from 2016

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Teaching Critical and Creative Thinking Skills Through Problem-Solving in High School Mathematics Classes, Daniel L. Albert

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From There to Here and Over Again: Developing through CCT Studies my Ability as a Parent to take Action on Teenage Non-­Suicidal Self-‐Injury, Kerri Arruda

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Thinking Deeply, Creating Richly: Learner Transformation Through Narrative, Kaylea Hascall Champion

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Revising the Myth of Normal: Creating a Sustainable Secondary Academic Curriculum Predicated on Learning Diversity, Sara M. Kaplan

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Sharing Wondrous Stories of This Place: A Garrison School Website for the Wider Community, Jill Corson Lake

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Developing a New College Course: A Journey Using Applied Critical and Creative Thinking Towards Philosophy, Decision Making, and Possibilities, Myra W. McWethy

Submissions from 2015

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Pedagogy of Curiosity: Initial Explorations of Instructional Practice in a Critical Thinking and Curious Classroom, Michael Chalukian

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Leaping Off the Page and Melding Modes: The Multimodal Space Poem as a New Form of Poetry, Todd J. Erickson

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Learning Considered: Emergent Design in Student Affairs, Carl F. Ericson

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Creative Problem Solving: A High School Curriculum Satisfying the Needs of 21ST Century Learner, Steve Guenin

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Braiding a Naturalist’s Journey of Embracing Courage, Rhoda A. Maurer

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Towards a Sensitive Dialogue Model for Polarized Scenarios, Maria Nardi

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Transitioning From Following to Making Your Own Path Through Critical and Creative Thinking, Cassie Tighe-Hansen

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Think Unbound: Changing the Way People View and Teach Creativity in the Work Environment, Michael Wienke

Submissions from 2013

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Applied Creativity: Tools Toward Transformation: An Undergraduate Curriculum, Teryl Cartwright

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Developing a Creative Thinking Course for Community College Students, Noreen McGinness Olson

Submissions from 2012

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Discovering My Passion as an Ally: Gaining Awareness of the History of the Gay Rights Movement, Meghan R. Callaghan

Belief is so last century, Cynthia Clayton-Parent

Life is a Journey, Carol D. Hardick

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Born-Again Artist: Lessons, Prophets, and Visions on Developing an Identity as an Artist, Alison Palmucci

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Maximizing the Learning Outcomes of Cocurricular Civic Engagement in Higher Education, Jeremy Poehnert

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Stumbling into Change and Overcoming My Creative Fears in the Process: My CCT Experience Identifying and Overcoming Uncertainty and Fear in My Creativity, Lorna J. Riach

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Third Divergence: Representations and Reflections, Nathan Weaver

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Managing from the Middle, Lisa Williams

Submissions from 2011

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First-Generation Students’ Pathways to a Baccalaureate, Yolanda Avidano

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Building a Learning Community for Dental Hygiene Faculty, Nancy Baccari

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Empowering and Engaging Teen Girls through Media from the Perspective of a Practitioner and Producer, Marie Celestin

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Creative Consciousness: Becoming a Reflective Designer, Renessa Ciampa Brewer

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Serendipity and Persistence: A Journey Building a Rich Music-Making Culture in Public Schools, Constance Cook

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My Journey to Develop an Innovative Approach to Unplanned Pregnancy, Gina Dillon Podolsky

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Mutual Mondays, PTSD and Dialogue Process with Veterans of Armed Conflict: Becoming a Facilitator, and Healing Along with Participants, Michael Johns

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The Implementation of Conflict Management Training into the Post Anesthesia Care Setting for Staff Nurses during Yearly Competency Day, Ann Leary

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Our Mouths on Paper: A Critical Look at the Educational Value, Social Importance, and Self- Exploration Stemming from Slam Poetry, Candace R. McDuffie

Student's Stress: It's Real and Manageable, Mary F. McGurn

Putting the Self Back into Self-Regulation: Why Current Academic Self-Regulation Models are Insufficient for High-Schoolers and What Can Be Done about It, Sheila O'Shea-Resto

Submissions from 2010

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My Plan to Play: A Personal Journey towards a Lifetime of Play, Aimee Blaquiere

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Changing My Perspective on Intelligence, Kristin E. Capezio