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Clowes, Darrel A.
A short exercise is presented designed to show in 45-90 minutes some of the aspects of simulation gaming as an educational tool. The simulation involves participants acting as members of a Community Advisory Council to the Board of Trustees and the President of a community college, meeting to discuss budget problems. The council represents diverse…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Budgeting, College Administration, College Governing Councils
Stolurow, Lawrence M. – 1968
Computer-assisted instruction (CAI) attacks one of the greatest problems of education--how to get sufficient variety in educational materials to teach each individual without requiring a group of trained personnel to prepare all possible variations. CAI permits individualization electronically. CAI can be used to train problem solving, for drill…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Costs, Game Theory
Twelker, Paul A., Ed.; And Others – 1969
This report describes design techniques, areas of effective application, and research directions in educational simulations. The five chapters contain (1) a review of recent literature; (2) an overview of the field of simulation including definitions and some of the rationales for using simulation in instruction; (3) an outline of the design…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Bibliographies, Feedback, Guidelines
Blum, Ronald, Ed. – 1969
Designed to serve as a guide for integrating interactive problem-solving or simulating computers into a college-level physics course, this anthology contains nine articles each of which includes an introduction, a student manual, and a teacher's guide. Among areas covered in the articles are the computerized reduction of data to a Gaussian…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction, Curriculum Development, Data Analysis
Shapiro, Wendy L. – 1999
Rich educational environments encourage students to construct their own knowledge, to solve problems collaboratively, and to heighten their interest and motivation to continue to learn. This paper presents the findings of a qualitative study that investigated the formation of collaborative problem solving through social interaction during a…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Cooperative Learning, Group Activities, High Schools
Shuchat, Jo; Otto, Judith – 1979
Location Decisions is a simulation game in which students obtain and evaluate information about several potential business locations in light of location requirements specific to their game businesses. In Location Decisions, the specific content area taught to students is the process for choosing a location for a small business; the basic skills…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Business Education, Business Skills, Decision Making
Bingham County Career Education, Blackfoot, ID.
BOP, Inc. is a mobile educational service that places the student in a simulated mortgage and loan office to provide a realistic office learning environment. The student manual opens with a brief reference information section on: the purposes of an office simulation, an explanation of a mortgage loan office, an outline of normal business…
Descriptors: Business Skills, Finance Occupations, Guides, Instructional Materials
Hungerland, Jacklyn E. – 1973
This model instructional system, developed for the office cluster of business occupations but having relevance for other curricula, is an approach to "modernizing" office education. Since there was a need for immediate job relevance of instruction and an integrated career progression, the instructional system is designed to be career-…
Descriptors: Business Education, Career Education, Career Planning, Individualized Instruction
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Montague, Marjorie – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1988
Forty-nine adolescents were studied to investigate the initial and long-term efficacy of job-related social skills instruction for students with mild to moderate handicaps. The study determined that students could acquire the skills during classroom instruction and use the skills effectively in simulated situations that reflected actual work…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Generalization
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Leahy, Christine – ReCALL, 2004
This article draws on second language theory, particularly output theory as defined by Swain (1995), in order to conceptualise observations made in a computer-assisted language learning setting. It investigates second language output and learner behaviour within an electronic role-play setting, based on a subject-specific problem solving task and…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Marketing, Interaction, Educational Technology
Sampson, Demetrios G., Ed.; Spector, J. Michael, Ed.; Ifenthaler, Dirk, Ed.; Isaias, Pedro, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2014
These proceedings contain the papers of the 11th International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA 2014), October 25-27, 2014, which has been organized by the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) and endorsed by the Japanese Society for Information and Systems in…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Teaching Methods, Technological Literacy, Technology Uses in Education
Fields, Owen; And Others – 1978
This guide is designed to assist business teachers to effectively use simulations that involve student interaction. Learning experiences in all levels of business and office education are examined: business exploration, basic business, and occupational preparation. In the introduction, the types of simulated activities are explained, along with…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Business Education, Business Skills, Career Exploration
CURTIS, CARROLL A.; HAYES, ROBERT B. – 1967
PREVIOUS RESEARCH HAD SHOWN THAT SIMULATION COULD BE SUBSTITUTED FOR THREE OF SIX HOURS OF ACTUAL DRIVING INSTRUCTION, A CONCENTRATED COURSE OF INSTRUCTION COULD BE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN ONE OF SEVERAL WEEKS OR MONTHS, AND USE OF SIMULATOR MOVIES WITHOUT THE EQUIPMENT HAD VALUE. IN THIS STUDY, DATA ON HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA…
Descriptors: Driver Education, Educational Research, High School Students, Instructional Films
Spooner, Kendrick L. – 1979
A one-year evaluation was conducted of the Exemplary Business and Office Education (BOE) Program as implemented in seven rural Colorado schools. The individualized program featured a two-period block core curriculum with three or more optional areas of study. Evaluation objectives were to describe the exemplary projects in light of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Core Curriculum, Curriculum Evaluation, Data Collection
KREUTER, MORTIMER; BARNETT, LAWRENCE J. – 1967
THE DEMANDS OF WORK AND EDUCATION UPON EACH OTHER, THE VALUE OR LACK OF VALUE OF COURSES FOR LEARNERS, AND THE UNDERMOTIVATED LEARNER WHO DOES NOT FIND SIGNIFICANCE IN CURRENT SCHOOL OFFERINGS ARE PROBLEMS FACING PUBLIC EDUCATION. SOME PREVIOUS PLANS TO OVERCOME THESE PROBLEMS HAVE USED (1) THE COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL, (2) INDUSTRY-SCHOOL…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Dropout Prevention, Educational Innovation, Educational Programs
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