Designed for the student of urban simulation, this paper offers definitions of "models"--conceptual or mathematics formulations of concrete things or of abstract relations between them--and of "simulation"--an act or process, conducted either by persons or devices, by which a model or a hierarchy of models is made to imitate reality. Six basic…

A simple introduction to the techniques of simulation and gaming is offered, and several simulation/gaming applications are differentiated--non-simulation games, planning exercises, inter-personal simulation games, and large system simulation games. A chart compares various simulation/gaming applications for a large number of learning…

Forty female subjects were given intermittent options to transmit noncontingent promises of intent to cooperate during the course of a mixed-motive laboratory game. In a 2 x 2 experimental design, a robot target either reciprocated subjects' promise statements or concealed her behavioral intentions, and was either always cooperative or always…

Junior high school boys ranked each other on perceived academic ability (PAA) and social power with great consistency. Holding social power constant, four-man groups were formed with either two high and two medium PAA boys or two medium and two low PAA boys, and each group played a non-academic, co-operative simulation game. In each condition, the…

This study investigates the association between teacher conceptual level and teacher behavior and attitudes in a minimally-structured type learning activity. A sample was selected from a pool of student teachers in the elementary teacher training program at Syracuse University. Each was given a lesson which was an episode from a simulation…

Different approaches to using computer-assisted instruction (CAI) in teaching geography are presented in this collection of papers. The first paper overviews the use of computers in undergraduate instruction. Next is a paper on a program at the University of Iowa which was designed to introduce students to some of the basic principles associated…

A MODEL OF THE MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT AT THE GARBER HIGH SCHOOL AS ESSEXVILLE, MICHIGAN, AS A SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING STUDENTS WAS DESCRIBED IN THE LAST OF A SERIES OF THREE REPORTS. THE RESULTS OBTAINED THROUGH SIMULATING THE SYSTEM ON A COMPUTER WERE ALSO REPORTED. A FEATURE OF THE PLAN WAS NOTED TO BE ITS FLEXIBILITY IN PROVIDING A UNIQUE PROGRAM…

Discusses the successful introduction of computer applications into large, multisection undergraduate courses that meet the mathematics requirements for students planning to major in business. (Author/IRT)

This article reports a simulation at Sangamon State University, "Orientation SSU Style," used for the orientation of new students. (HB)

Outlined is the impact of computers on engineering management decisions in the future. The impact includes information used in evaluating alternatives, simulation for decision-making, and monitoring performance achievement. (CS)

The "Reciprocity" simulation game results in players' learning how social structures (roles and resources) influence social interaction (degree of fair exchange between partners). Variations of "Reciprocity" can be used to teach the dynamics of conflict/exchange/power in the context of pre-marital, marital, parental or counselor-client…

This paper reports on the development and testing of a scheduling system for computer-managed instruction. Simulation results showed how the system would perform with various resource levels, student loads, and entrance frequencies. (Author/IRT)

This paper describes the development of an operations management model and its implementation in a simulation mode in order to study the effects of alternative organizational designs and person/work assignment criteria on the utilization of the technological and human resources of a firm. (Author)