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Shiralkar, Prashant – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Misinformation and rumors have become rampant on online social platforms with adverse consequences for the real world. Fact-checking efforts are needed to mitigate the risks associated with the spread of digital misinformation. However, the pace at which information is generated online limits the capacity to fact-check claims at the same rate…
Descriptors: Social Media, Audits (Verification), Information Dissemination, Misconceptions
Nozaki, Steven Yasuto – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Graphics education has been a central component in the engineering course of study. As technology advances, so have the methods in which graphics are expressed and practiced. Though the of media of graphics education have evolved, the concepts of the field remain relatively consistent. Tools are needed to measure students' comprehension,…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Graphs, Outcome Measures, Scientific Concepts
Cho, Young Doo – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The mathematical concept of function has been revisited and further developed with regularity since its introduction in ancient Babylonia (Kleiner, 1989). The difficulty of the concept of a function contributes to complications when students learn of functions and their graphs (Leinhardt, Zaslavsky, & Stein, 1990). To understand the concept of…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, College Students, Mathematical Concepts, Graphs
Ratliff, Bobby Kevin – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this study was to determine (1) strategies students use when solving composition problems and the difficulties they encounter; (2) conceptions and/or misconceptions students have with respect to composition of functions; and (3) the effect of using dynamic visualization during instruction on students' understanding of composition of…
Descriptors: Test Items, Visualization, Concept Formation, Calculus