This paper summarizes and evaluates published research examining the use of simulation games in educational settings. Findings regarding the effects of simulation games on interest, attitudes, feeling of efficacy, knowledge, and intellectual skills are reviewed. Research shows that interest is usually aroused by the games themselves, but not…

This paper describes and discusses three studies concerned with the representation of children's knowledge as revealed in the ways that children, ages 5 to 17, perform a scientific induction task. A variant of Piaget's balance scale prediction problem was chosen as the experimental task; a formal model for different levels of children's knowledge…

The purpose of the leadership development training package is to provide an environmental simulation for preparing local and State officers in the Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA). The package presents the participant with a learning environment relevant to the future role of DECA officer by allowing him or her to experience a…

Microteaching, a technique for training teachers to develop specific teaching skills through the use of a scaled down classroom situation, has proved to be not only effective but also strongly appealing to teachers. A state-of-the-art paper entitled "Microteaching: History and Present Status" prepared by the authors for the ERIC…

Advanced technology will have a great effect on medical education because it can speed up medical education and boost the quality of instruction without straining the capacity of medical schools to expand or driving costs to unreasonable levels. Six examples of an application of advanced technology to medical education are described in this…

This paper considers techniques, games and simulations, to deal with the broad area of decision-making in a variety of problem situation. Since violence is a learned behavior, there are alternative ways to handle conflict situations. Simulation games have been utilized primarily in research. The purpose of this paper is to correct this imbalance,…

Simulation games are classed in this guide by subject area: business, domestic politics, economics, ecology, education, geography, history, international relations, psychology, skill development, sociology, social studies, and urban affairs. A summary description (of roles, objectives, decisions, and purposes), cost producer, playing data (age…

This paper discusses the course "Change in Schools" taught at the University of Pittsburgh, spring, 1969. Both masters and doctoral candidates were enrolled. Objectives of the course were sent to the students before the spring session began. One objective required the students to do a detailed analysis of several common supervisory/curriculum…

Topics discussed in this 1970 symposium included the economics of flight training, careers in flying, college versus high school graduates, defining the trained pilot, motivation and selection, innovation in pilot training, training goals, transfer of training, and the role of simulators. Conferees agreed that the present Air Force undergraduate…

This paper describes selected nonschool uses of simulation and discusses the implications of each application for education in general. Most of the applications described pertain to instruction and include the provision of an environment for exercising or practicing the application of principles or skills. Applications which are examined include…

A simulation study of library-based information retrieval systems is described. Basic models for each of several important aspects are presented: (1) user behavior, emphasizing response to quality and delays in services; (2) the scheduling of services and the organization of the machine-readable files; and (3) the distribution of conventional…

Long-range planning involves the establishment of educational objectives within a rational philosophy, the design of activities and programs to meet stated objectives, the organization and allocation of resources to implement programs, and the analysis of results in terms of the objectives. Current trends of educational growth and complexity…

Summaries of proceedings are presented for the eighth and ninth International Manpower Seminars, 1967. The order in which the contents of this volume was assembled follows the general pattern of both seminars: (1) Human Resources in Economic and Social Growth--Basic Concepts, (2) Population and Employment Policies and Measures, (3) Manpower…

The use of computer simulation model, C.A.M.P.U.S., as a tool of systems analysis for effective educational management and planning is described. The components of the C.A.M.P.U.S. model are discussed as they relate to planning, programming, and budgeting. Problems that can be analyzed using C.A.M.P.U.S. are considered, and the implementation of…

Beginning January 1, 1969, Systems Research Group (SRG) undertook a project to develop operational cost simulation models of three of the colleges of applied arts and technology in Ontario. These models, and the data needed to feed them, have been developed and are now operating. SRG describes their progress to date and identifies the remaining…