In this work, an industry-based and team-oriented education model was established based on a traditional mechanical engineering (ME) senior design class in order to better prepare future engineers and leaders so as to meet the increasing demand for high-quality engineering graduates. In the renovated curriculum, industry-sponsored projects became…

With the emerging use of analytics tools and methodologies in marketing, marketing educators have provided students training and experiences beyond the soft skills associated with understanding consumer behavior. Previous studies have only discussed how to apply analytics in course designs, tools, and related practices. However, there is a lack of…

A discussion of the use of simulation in teaching a university education course. (HB)

Describes a course in mass communication that prepares media producers as media consumers. Discusses the use of simulation as a teaching strategy in such a course. (RL)

The development and implementation of simulated research experiences for use in teaching research methods to undergraduate sociology majors are described. (Author/DE)

College seniors in a geography of marketing and distribution course learn about spatial optimizing techniques by participating in a freight distribution game. Students plan the distribution of confectionery from two factories in England to 20 wholesale and retail customers in Scotland. The team that designs the lowest cost system wins. (RM)

Describes the successful use of six simulated games in a commercial law class of 84 students and discusses teacher and student evaluation of their effectiveness. The six games, three with a legislative setting and three with a court setting, are included. (JT)

This paper describes a series of FORTRAN IV computer models which are the content-oriented subject matter for a college course in forest planning. The course objectives, the planning problem, and the ten planning aid models are listed. Student comments and evaluation of the program are included. (BT)

Arguing that students in journalism need to have more exposure to the design aspects of communication, this article describes a course that simulates employment at a design company. (HTH)

This document describes an attempt to design a non-traditional course in which the analog computer plays a central role as a pedagogical tool. A brief introduction cites some justification for a course of this type. Various facets of the course such as the general procedure, the special materials prepared, and the methodology employed are…

A simulation exercise of a labor-management dispute is used to teach psychology students some of the basics of descriptive statistics. Using comparable data sets generated by the instructor, students work in small groups to develop a statistical presentation that supports their particular position in the dispute. (Author/RM)

A course in the legal aspects of noise pollution, cross-listed for students in Columbia University's Law and Engineering Schools, is described. Although noise is used as the major source of environmental pollution in this course, the principles and methodology discussed apply to other forms of environmental law. (MLW)

Describes the background scenario, operation, debriefing, and evaluation of a teacher training course simulation designed to introduce English for Special Purposes (ESP) courses in developing countries. The applicability of this simulation to other situations, modifications for future use, linguistic input, and sample simulation materials are also…

Describes each unit of a course required for first-year law students which seeks to develop legal skills in case analysis and synthesis, research and writing, oral presentation, client interviewing, pleading, fact investigation, counseling, pre-trial discovery, and negotiation. Includes explanation of a clinical unit utilizing a simulated consumer…

The use of continuous simulation is promoted as a teaching tool in the undergraduate curriculum. Simulation, advances in continuous simulation, an approach to teaching system dynamics, computer languages deemed suitable for continuous simulation, and an outline of a prototypic first course in continuous simulation are presented. (MP)