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Kappan, David – 1994
Many educators in facilitative roles have approached the subject of visual disabilities by constructing activities designed to simulate blindness, using a blindfold or similar device. Participants are subsequently encouraged to perform rudimentary tasks such as eating a meal or moving about with a sighted companion as a guide. Frequently,…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Blindness, Consciousness Raising
Warner, Jean Rockwell – Journal of Business Education, 1980
Reviews several specific ways in which office practice simulations can be measured and evaluated, including the salary theory; evaluation of ability to establish priorities and make decisions; evaluation of work produced; and publisher evaluations. (LRA)
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods, Laboratory Training, Office Occupations
Putnam, Linda L. – 1983
Laboratory simulations combine the strengths of lab experiments and field studies while avoiding many of their liabilities. They permit the emotional involvement, the time needed for development of norms and interlocked systems of interaction, and the broad range of variables typical of field settings, yet allow for experimental controls and…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Case Studies, Communication (Thought Transfer), Field Studies
Harrison, George – 1980
Dissatisfaction with existing preschool teacher training programs, which overemphasize educational theory and neglect practice teaching, led to the development of the preschool teacher training program described in this paper. Initial activities of the program involve group dynamics principles and human relations training to assist students to…
Descriptors: Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Human Relations, Laboratory Training