These learning activities on civil law are intended to supplement the secondary level Scholastic materials "Living Law." Case studies, simulations, and role-play activities are included. Information provided for each activity includes a brief overview, background information, teacher instructions and a description of each activity.…

Reported is a study of the effectiveness of the Energy Environment Simulator (EES) in developing energy awareness and positive attitudes towards energy issues in students at various levels of cognitive development. The EES is a portable computer model of U.S. energy resources, environmental quality and food distribution. Subjects were students…

A sample of 974 school districts was surveyed by mail to determine the current and projected use of computers in United States public secondary/elementary schools, with special reference to computer assisted learning. Returned questionnaires provided a 62.3 percent response rate, and were balanced both geographically and by urban/rural…

Students investigate several aspects of the War of 1812, especially those which pertain to Lake Erie and Ohio, in this unit. The first activity is a simulation of various battles and maneuvers. In parts B and C, students use information from the simulation and from documents of the era to explain the war's causes and outcomes. A student's guide…

This monograph is one of a series developed for curriculum in higher education which prepares personnel for employment in local, state, and regional levels of Employment and Training Administration programs of the U.S. Department of Labor. This publication describes a simulation game called "Pipeline" rather than a regular university course. The…

This document is the outcome of a study designed to investigate the energy-related attitudes of several different groups of science students and science teachers both before and after working with an energy-environment simulator for approximately an hour. During the interaction with the simulator, the participants decided upon the variables they…

This study is the first of a five phase program of the American Association of School Administrators directed toward reducing energy consumption in existing schools. This report summarizes the results of the field investigations, computer simulation and evaluations of the energy conserving opportunities available in the Scott Elementary School in…

This unit provides the student with a simulated experience in the development of decision making skills. The acquisition of petroleum resources in a hypothetical republic provides the basic scenario around which the simulation develops. Students are supplied with specific information about petroleum geology, finances, and drilling. With this…

The Data Book contains descriptive analyses of new social studies materials for kindergarten through grade 12, teacher resource materials, ERIC abstracts of curriculum guides, and a listing of all social studies materials published in 1978. It is intended to help teachers, administrators, curriculum coordinators, and college methods professors in…

A consumer education outreach project used a community, off-campus laboratory approach with fifty-seven girls and ten boys from high schools in the Santa Barbara area in the development of a program to better prepare students to meet the challenges of everyday living. The assumption made was that motivation to learn would increase in…

This report describes the development of a computer based system designed to train electronic troubleshooting procedures. The ACTS uses artificial intelligence techniques to develop models of student and expert troubleshooting behavior as they solve a series of troubleshooting problems on the system. Comparisons of the student and expert models…

This is the teacher's guide to accompany the student guide which together comprise one of five computer-oriented environmental/energy education units. The computer program, ENERGY, at the base of this unit, simulates the pattern of energy consumption in the United States. The total energy demand is determined by energy use in the various sectors…

This is the student guide in a set of five computer-oriented environmental/energy education units. Contents of this guide present: (1) the three gasoline consumption-reducing options for which attitudes are to be explored; (2) exercises; and (3) appendices including an energy attitudes survey. (MR)

The 27 papers in this collection (26 of which were presented at the conference) are organized according to the eight topical sessions: (1) Improving Ability Measurement Using Different Item Formats, (2) Alternative Models for Adaptive Testing, (3) Psychological and Subgroup Effects, (4) Performance Testing by Interactive Simulation, (5)…

This guide is intended to provide stimuli for discussion and review of ecological principles and their relevance to daily human existence. The illustrations, purposefully detailed and complex, are intended to provide a basis for in-depth discussion. The bulletin is intended to supplement classroom materials and also to serve non-classroom…