THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO ASSESS STUDENT ACQUISITION OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT VOCATIONS AFTER PARTICIPATION IN A CAREER SIMULATION GAME AND TO DETERMINE ATTITUDINAL CHANGE TOWARD VOCATIONAL CONCEPTS. DATA WAS COLLECTED THROUGH A PRE-TEST AND A POST-TEST. A SAMPLE OF SIXTH- AND EIGHT-GRADE STUDENTS WAS DRAWN FOR THE TREATMENT AND THE CONTROL…

CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION OF TRAINING DEVICE EFFECTIVENESS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED. THE REPORT EXAMINES METHODS OF EVALUATION WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON THE PROBLEMS OF OBJECTIVE EVALUATION IN THE ONGOING TRAINING SITUATION. CONSIDERATION IS GIVEN TO PROBLEMS OF MEASUREMENT, EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN, AND ANALYSIS IN THE FIELD SETTING. FURTHER, ATTENTION IS…

TO TEST THE EFFECT OF VIDEO TAPED SIMULATED INSTRUCTIONAL SEQUENCES ON THE MODIFICATION OF TEACHERS' PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES, THREE GROUPS OF PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS WERE DIFFERENTIALLY EXPOSED TO SPECIALLY PREPARED TAPES ON FOUR TOPICS. EACH 30-MINUTE TAPE CONSISTED OF SIMULATED CLASSROOM SETTINGS, WITH THE LAST 10 MINUTES USED AS A…

The first of three booklets developed by Project MAY (Mainstreaming Activities for Youth) is designed to aid youth agency personnel in assessing their attitudes toward the disabled with the goal of facilitating the mainstreaming of handicapped students into regular programs. Included in the document are the following: a quiz to assess first…

A complete bibliographic reference and an abstract are given for each publication of the Human Factors Laboratory from 1976-1978, including journal articles and conference proceedings papers which members of the Laboratory published during the same period. Three indexes--index by source (contractor or in-house), author index, and subject matter…

When examining a repeated measures design with independent groups for a significant group by trial interaction, classical analysis of variance or multivariate procedures can be used if the assumptions underlying the tests are met. Neither procedure may be justified for designs with small sample sizes and dichotomous dependent variables. An omnibus…

TWO APPROACHES TO EXTENDING THE EDUCATIONAL INFLUENCE OF TELECASTS ARE DISCUSSED. THE FIRST APPROACH TAKES OFF FROM THE TELEVISION BROADCAST, THE EFFECT OF WHICH CAN BE HEIGHTENED BY DIAL ACCESS LIBRARIES OF MAGNETIC TAPE RECORDINGS, OPEN LINE PROGRAMS, DISCUSSION GROUPS, SIMULATION OR GAMES, AND THE PUBLICIZING OF OTHER RESOURCES, ALL OF WHICH…

Although games are not usually thought of as aids to planning, a special type of game can be helpful when problems are complex, factors determining resolution are imperfectly understood, and numerous views coexist. Objectives of the education system planning game are to illuminate major issues of educational planning, to increase the participants'…

The simulation materials in this booklet have been presented in the form of problems encountered by the secondary school division chairman. Their use can be directed to serve the following objectives: (1) improve skills related to the administrative processes of decision-making, supervision, planning, and problem-solving; (2) increase…

This yearbook contains reports from the presidents of the two chapters of the Australian Society of Educational Technology and six articles: Educational Technology at the Tertiary Level; Simulation in Medical Education; Ten Years in Educational Television; Rate Controlled Speech--A Review; Educational Technology--A Discussion of Selected Journal…

The Joetta Community Library (JCL), a simulation of a public library in a small midwest town, is a practice library for students in a general library administration class at the master's degree level. Students using the JCL simulation assume the position of director, from initial hiring procedure to assumption of the position and involvement in…

Navy personnel research conducted a comprehensive review of the literature on computer simulation studies to determine whether simulation methodology could be used to improve scientific understanding of psychosocial and sociotechnical systems. The literature search indicated that computer simulation could provide tools for the study of…

The present study compared the effects of content, process, and passive types of third party intervention on the bargaining behavior of pairs of group representatives. The setting was a simulated school board-teacher's union dispute over a new contract. Each side was represented by one person who was instructed to bargain tenaciously and obtain as…

An effort was made to operate a computer simulation of individualized self-paced instruction concurrently and in parallel with an actual conventional course. The simulation was in effect a management information system for instructors and students, with modifications as they were made by participants. A pilot program was run at Catholic University…

This package of individualized curriculum materials for industrial arts, developed by the 1969-70 Experienced Teacher Fellowship Program for teacher and student use, is a result of an in-depth study of the 1968 revision of the American Vocational Association's booklet, "A Guide to Improving Instruction in Industrial Arts." The 10 major…