An investigative activity dealing with where to pitch a tent at a campsite is described. (MNS)

In this teacher developed simulation, secondary students, in the roles of justices and attorneys, bring to trial a selection of cases adjudicated by the U.S. Supreme Court. (RM)

People should understand what the commodity futures market is and who uses it. The commodity futures market should be studied in a high school economics course so a one-week unit was developed for students that involved them in a simulation as hedgers and speculators. (AM)

Reviews the development of programed instruction for problem solving from the Tab Test in 1955 to Patient Management Problems (PMP) in 1967 and written simulation for any setting in 1976. The process of creating written simulations is briefly described, as well as some current developments involving microcomputers and videodiscs. (EAO)

Describes a nine-week exercise based on Hardin's concept of "the commons" designed to teach college sociology students about the structural constraints on individual decision-making concerning resource use. The theoretical background and simulation set-up of the exercise are discussed. (Author/AM)

Describes how the Westernport Game, a commercially available simulation designed to teach augmentation and reasoning, was modified for use in a large enrollment communications course within a business studies program at Kuring-gai College of Advanced Education in Sydney, Australia. Sixteen references are listed. (LLS)

Explains how a simulation of aerial photography can help students in a college level beginning course on interpretation of aerial photography understand the interrelationships of the airplane, the camera, and the earth's surface. Procedures, objectives, equipment, and scale are discussed. (DB)

Describes an agribusiness simulation game which can give individuals and/or groups a better understanding of the complexities and problems of modern American agriculture. The major objective of the game is to maximize profits by gaining the best possible yields at the lowest possible costs of operation. (DB)

Thirty-seven speech pathology majors participated in a simulated deafness experience as part of an aural rehabilitation course. They wore speech masking aids which created temporary reduction in auditory thresholds and recorded their feelings and others' reactions and attitudes. Participants reported increased awareness and sensitivity to the…

A Child Awareness Program was conducted by nine elementary schools to enhance acceptance of handicapped children by their nonhandicapped peers through child awareness activities. A manual of activities was developed containing lesson plans, lists of guest speakers, audiovisual materials, and suggested simulations of handicapping conditions. (SB)

Student participants at two universities played multisession simulation games involving the development of 18 organizations. Post-session surveys of 583 participants indicated that organizational effectiveness became more important to participants as the organizations developed. This suggests that future organizational effectiveness studies should…

The basics of small claims courts are explained, along with teaching strategies for teaching about small claims courts. These include teacher presentations, guest speakers, class trips to small claims courts, and mock hearings held by students. (CT)

Described is a computer simulation designed to introduce students to some of the intricate relationships between the many factors involved in international economics. (MP)

Describes activity in which student in abnormal psychology and psychology of exceptional children classes personally experience being judged abnormal. The experience allows the students to remember relevant research, become sensitized to the feelings of individuals classified as deviant, and use caution in classifying individuals as abnormal.…

Tucker's method of oblique congruence rotation is shown to be equivalent to a procedure by Meredith. This implies that Monte Carlo studies on congruence by Nesselroade, Baltes, and Labouvie and by Korth and Tucker are highly comparable. The problem of rotating two matrices orthogonally to maximal congruence is considered. (Author/CTM)