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Owston, Ronald D.; Dudley-Marling, Curt – 1986
The overall poor quality of educational software on the market suggests that educators must continue efforts to evaluate available packages and to disseminate their findings. In this paper, weaknesses in published evaluation procedures are identified, and an alternative model, the York Educational Software Evaluation Scale (YESES), is described.…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Correlation, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria

Stanislaw, Harold – Simulation and Games, 1986
Provides a framework for understanding the concept of validity and how it applies to simulation research. Extant tests of validity are discussed in terms of this framework, and a general schema for testing validity is proposed. (MBR)
Descriptors: Classification, Computer Simulation, Computer Software, Definitions