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Sudipta Mondal – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Graph neural networks (GNN) are vital for analyzing real-world problems (e.g., network analysis, drug interaction, electronic design automation, e-commerce) that use graph models. However, efficient GNN acceleration faces with multiple challenges related to high and variable sparsity of input feature vectors, power-law degree distribution in the…
Descriptors: Graphs, Models, Computers, Scaling
Jefferson Ross Ramsey – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Public science events (PSEs) are an increasingly popular mode of informal science engagement. The burgeoning research on PSEs suggests a number of important benefits for visitors to these events, including increased scientific knowledge, improved attitudes toward science, and an increased awareness of science in everyday life. However, these…
Descriptors: Science and Society, Cultural Capital, Informal Education, Equal Education
Maddock, Jeffrey T. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This dissertation explores the significant role of knowledge and engineering in shaping society, with a focus on the Enlightenment period's emphasis on science and its practical applications through engineering and technology. While recognizing the contribution of practical expertise and technoscientific awareness to societal progress, the…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Science and Society, STEM Education, Engineering
Wahyu Setioko – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Multilingual families have received limited attention in the field of informal science education, especially in the context of science museums. These families may encounter challenges that do not exist for English-speaking families when engaging in science learning within museums that are primarily designed and developed in English (Ash, 2003;…
Descriptors: Museums, Teachers, Science Education, Multilingualism
Short, Mary E. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The instantaneous movement of information and imagery in the current era has fundamentally altered our constructions of reality as the outer world of media becomes a central aspect of the "inner world of society" (Beck, 1996, p.1). In this vein, the very stuff that makes up knowledge, the basic building blocks of our cognition are also…
Descriptors: Science and Society, Global Approach, Epistemology, Discourse Analysis
Conghui Liu – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Developing scientific literacy, which involves applying scientific knowledge to solve real-world problems, is a primary goal in science education. Socioscientific Issue (SSI) provides students opportunities to reason through authentic and complex scientific dilemmas that reflect real-world issues, thus fostering a deeper understanding of…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, College Science, Science and Society, Science Process Skills
Brock Couch – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Since socioscientific issues (SSI) are scientific issues situated in the larger society, it is important for many students to understand and effectively communicate information surrounding them. In-class small groups have been used by science instructors to provide students the opportunity to discuss and negotiate difficult SSI. However, learning…
Descriptors: Science and Society, Small Group Instruction, Interaction, Undergraduate Students
Radzilowicz, John G. – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This Dissertation in Practice explored the impact of deploying a Socioscientific Issues (SSI) teaching methodology in undergraduate general science education. It was motivated by my desire to accrue positive increases in educational outcomes, and to assess its efficacy in developing critical Socioscientific Reasoning (SSR) skills, for my students,…
Descriptors: Science and Society, Teacher Motivation, Undergraduate Students, Science Education
Jordan D. Bader – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Socioscientific issues (SSIs), or controversial scientific issues with social implications, influence members of society regardless of demographic. SSIs are contentious and ill-structured, meaning they do not have a definitive answer. To properly equip students with the tools needed to handle SSIs, undergraduate science curricula emphasize…
Descriptors: Science and Society, Decision Making, Undergraduate Students, Epistemology
Karrie A. Wikman – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The overarching aim of this research was to ultimately support global resiliency through science education, preparing citizens to laudably negotiate the contentious socio-cultural science-and technology-based issues of modern times. Correspondingly, this mixed methods study aimed to move a large, diverse school district toward school environments…
Descriptors: Science Education, School Districts, Educational Environment, Context Effect
Eric Thomas Nolan – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Empirical research within science education settings tells us that there is a need for new curricular approaches in the teaching of complex and contentious science-based issues, such as climate change. A lot of science educational research looks at a need to teach students "functional scientific literacy" in that we are not just learning…
Descriptors: Science and Society, Perspective Taking, Science Curriculum, Climate
A Social Justice Biology Curriculum to Strengthen Community College Students' Critical Consciousness
Marcela Bernal-Munera – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The existing body of research presents two contrasting views of community colleges, one portraying them as a "second chance" for individuals, offering an accessible route to higher socioeconomic status. The second views community colleges as a deceptive cover designed to divert marginalized people away from prestigious colleges and to…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Biology, Science Curriculum, Community Colleges
P. Citlally Jimenez – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Integrating decision-making learning goals within science classrooms has been increasingly common for science educators and researchers to help develop students' science literacy skills. These learning goals include understanding and applying scientific information as well as recognizing tradeoffs amongst multiple perspectives when decision-making…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Science Education, Science Instruction, Decision Making
Bailey, Stephanie Marilyn – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The U.S. Education system is founded on a Eurocentric focus of curriculum, and students of color are not achieving as high as white students on the National Assessment for Education Progress in science. This research aims to repay the education debt owed to students of color by decolonizing science curriculum through the implementation of lessons…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Science and Society, Secondary School Science, Secondary School Students
Elaine Alvey – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This dissertation undertakes the question, "what are the implications of engaging climate crisis in social studies education?" Employing the theoretical notion of difficult knowledge (Britzman, 1998; Pitt & Britzman, 2003), the analysis of data attends to the multitude of challenges teachers face as they grapple with the content of…
Descriptors: Climate, Social Studies, Environmental Education, Emotional Response