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Burnham, Ella M.; Blankenship, Erin E.; Brown, Sydney E. – Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education, 2023
We designed an asynchronous undergraduate introductory statistics course that focuses on simulation-based inference at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. In this article, we describe the process we used to design the course and the structure of the course. We also discuss feedback and comments we received from students on the course evaluations,…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Introductory Courses, Statistics Education, Online Courses
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Asakura, Kenta; Bogo, Marion; Good, Bethany; Power, Roxanne – Journal of Social Work Education, 2018
Simulation, the use of trained actors as simulated clients, has gained empirical support as an effective teaching and assessment method in social work education. The associated costs involving the use of live simulation, however, often pose a barrier and prevent less resourced schools from implementing this pedagogical approach in the classroom.…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Counselor Client Relationship, Social Work, Video Technology
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Orr, Shannon K.; Buhr, Caitlin – Journal of Political Science Education, 2020
The simulation that we present here was designed to introduce students not only to climate change policy making but also to the Green Climate Fund and the process of negotiation. Rather than concentrating on either the political debate about climate change or doom and gloom scenarios, the focus of this simulation is on taking action and…
Descriptors: Simulation, Persuasive Discourse, Political Science, Climate
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Peeples, Jennifer; Hall, Bradford J.; Seiter, John S. – Communication Teacher, 2012
Although Western cultures tend to view dolphins as friendly and benevolent, in Japanese fishing communities, "iruka" (dolphins) are often viewed as food or pests. These perspectives have led to intense conflicts between Japanese fishermen and activists from the west. This article presents an exercise that simulates intercultural conflict by asking…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, World Views, Ethnic Groups, Conflict
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Baltzis, Konstantinos B.; Koukias, Konstantinos D. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2009
Laboratory-based courses play a significant role in engineering education. Given the role of electronics in engineering and technology, laboratory experiments and circuit simulation IT tools are used in their teaching in several academic institutions. This paper discusses the characteristics and benefits of both methods. The content and structure…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Undergraduate Study, Electronics, Laboratory Experiments
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Barella, A.; Valero, S.; Carrascosa, C. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2009
This paper presents a new environment for teaching practical work in AI subjects. The main purpose of this environment is to make AI techniques more appealing to students and to facilitate the use of the toolkits which are currently widely used in research and development. This new environment has a toolkit for developing and executing agents,…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Science Education, Case Studies, Teaching Methods
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McKinnon, Alan C. – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 1984
College seniors in a geography of marketing and distribution course learn about spatial optimizing techniques by participating in a freight distribution game. Students plan the distribution of confectionery from two factories in England to 20 wholesale and retail customers in Scotland. The team that designs the lowest cost system wins. (RM)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Geography Instruction, Higher Education, Human Geography
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Shatz, Mark A. – Teaching of Psychology, 1985
A simulation exercise of a labor-management dispute is used to teach psychology students some of the basics of descriptive statistics. Using comparable data sets generated by the instructor, students work in small groups to develop a statistical presentation that supports their particular position in the dispute. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Higher Education, Labor Demands, Labor Problems
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Romeu, Jorge Luis – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2008
This article discusses our teaching approach in graduate level Engineering Statistics. It is based on the use of modern technology, learning groups, contextual projects, simulation models, and statistical and simulation software to entice student motivation. The use of technology to facilitate group projects and presentations, and to generate,…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Computer Software, Engineering Education, Educational Technology
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Yeargan, Howard; Hatcher, Barbara – Social Studies, 1985
Described is a project in which third graders create their own corporation--a cupcake factory--and learn first-hand about economic principles and the decisions that businesses must make in the market economy. The cupcake factory is one example of how enterprising educators can make economics comprehensible and captivating. (RM)
Descriptors: Concept Teaching, Course Descriptions, Discovery Learning, Economics Education
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Sisney, Shirleen S.; Morgan, Jack C. – Social Education, 1985
An 18-week economics course for high school students is described. Students develop and present a group project that explains and justifies an economic policy for the United States, develop their own economic seminar consisting of student-invited speakers from the community, conduct economic research, and simulate a community business. (RM)
Descriptors: Business, Course Descriptions, Economics Education, High Schools
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Randolph, Alan D. – Chemical Engineering Education, 1989
Provides an overview of a graduate course on particulate processes, especially on crystal size distribution (CSD). Describes the course and includes a list of course topics. Discusses the CSD simulation and manipulation. (YP)
Descriptors: Chemical Engineering, College Science, Course Descriptions, Course Organization
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Corsino, Louis – Teaching Sociology, 1985
This simulation involves students in a critique and analysis of the social welfare response to social problems. Students are divided into welfare administrators and disadvantaged groups and asked to role play typical interactions between these two social categories of people. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Empathy, Higher Education, Simulation
Geist, Patricia – 1984
The bargaining simulation unit is a useful educational tool in the introductory organizational communication course. It provides students with the opportunity to apply concepts such as communication, authority, and decision making already taught in the course, and teaches responsibility in analyzing, enacting, and discussing the bargaining case.…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Collective Bargaining, Course Descriptions, Employer Employee Relationship
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Batty, Michael; And Others – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 1985
Described is a project that involved undergraduate geography students in developing a model of the accessibility of the pre-school population in Cardiff (England) to child care clinics. Programing skills were acquired through spatial modelling. Networks of mini- and micro-computers were used. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Computer Graphics, Computer Simulation, Course Descriptions
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