Describes results of an in-basket exercise that investigated the effect of age stereotypes on simulated managerial decisions. Six in-basket items covering a variety of managerial problems were administered to a sample of 142 undergraduate business students. Results indicated that age stereotypes lead to discrimination against older workers.…

Simulations and games should be investigated as a technique for bicultural-bilingual education programs. (MM)

Describes Monte Carlo simulation studies and their application in vocational education research. Explains study design and analysis as well as use and evaluation of results. (SK)

The use of analogy in human thinking is examined from the perspective of a multiconstraint theory that postulates similarity, structure, and purpose as three kinds of constraints. The theory has been implemented in computational simulations of the analogical human mind using the Analogical Mapping by Constraint Satisfaction (ACME) model. (SLD)

A simulation study was conducted to evaluate the dependability of the "T" index of unidimensionality developed by W. F. Stout and used in his DIMTEST procedure. DIMTEST was found to provide dependable indications of unidimensionality, to be reasonably robust, and to allow for practical demarcation between one and many dimensions. (SLD)

An ethics game involves nursing students in defending actions in ethics-based scenarios. Benefits include increased confidence, ability to see multiple perspectives, values clarification, and exposure to decision-making models, professional responsibilities, ethical principles, social expectations, and legal requirements. Difficulties include…

A role-play exercise about Alzheimer's disease was designed to teach group work with memory-impaired elders. Written comments from 26 social work students revealed four outcomes: demystifying practical knowledge, respect for diversity among memory-impaired individuals, increased awareness of elders' internal states, and awareness of the challenges…

Describes how a handful of institutions are experimenting with computer simulations to offer hard science labs through distance education. (EV)

Proposes a social constructivist adaptation of case-based reasoning (CBR) by incorporating computer-supported collaborative learning tools into the thinking and reasoning process. Explains goal-based scenarios (GBS) as translations of CBR into simulated learning environments and discusses the incorporation of facilitation cues and the inclusion of…

Derived a confidence interval for a ratio of correlated mean absolute deviations. Simulation results show that it performs well in small sample sizes across realistically nonnormal distributions and that it is almost as powerful as the most powerful test examined by R. Wilcox (1990). (SLD)

Recent simulations have shown that, for a given sample size, the Mantel-Haenszel (MH) variances tend to be larger when items are administered to randomly selected examinees than when they are administered adaptively. Results suggest that adaptive testing may lead to more efficient application of MH differential item functioning analyses. (SLD)

Although transformational training involving simulations, games, experiential exercises, and educational programs can have dramatic impact on individuals, it often eludes assessment through conventional measurement methods. This article presents results from two training settings evaluated with an holistic projective differential technique…

Of 98 8-18 year olds, 47 were taught livestock evaluation skills (conformance and performance) using live horses and 51 using video simulation. There were no significant differences related to teaching technique. Older students (12-18) learned conformance judging skills more quickly than younger ones. Audiovisual aids were considered effective for…

Explores posterior analysis in estimating factor score in a confirmatory factor analysis model with polytomous, censored or truncated data, and studies the accuracy of Bayesian estimates through simulation. Results support these Bayesian estimates for statistical inference. (SLD)

This study compared the Mantel-Haenszel procedure, the simultaneous item bias approach (SIB), and the logistic regression approach (LR) with respect to Type I error rates and power to detect nonuniform differential item functioning (DIF). The SIB and LR procedures were equally powerful in detecting nonuniform DIF. (SLD)