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Publication Date: 1994
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Making Students Decide: The Vietnam Computer Simulation.
O'Reilly, Kevin
Southern Social Studies Journal, v19 n2 p20-32 Spr 1994
Contends that an important goal in history instruction is helping students understand the complexity of events. Describes the use of "Escalation," a commercially available computer simulation, in a high school U.S. history class. Includes excerpts from student journals kept during the activity. (CFR)
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Computer Uses in Education, Foreign Countries, History Instruction, Learning Strategies, Secondary Education, Small Group Instruction, Social Studies, Student Attitudes, Student Journals, Teacher Developed Materials, Teaching Methods, United States History, Vietnam War
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Guides - Classroom - Learner; Journal Articles
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Audience: Teachers; Students; Practitioners
Language: English
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