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Yunxiao Chen; Chengcheng Li; Jing Ouyang; Gongjun Xu – Grantee Submission, 2023
We consider the statistical inference for noisy incomplete binary (or 1-bit) matrix. Despite the importance of uncertainty quantification to matrix completion, most of the categorical matrix completion literature focuses on point estimation and prediction. This paper moves one step further toward the statistical inference for binary matrix…
Descriptors: Statistical Inference, Matrices, Voting, Federal Government
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Meyen, Sascha; Sigg, Dorothee M. B.; von Luxburg, Ulrike; Franz, Volker H. – Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 2021
Background: It has repeatedly been reported that, when making decisions under uncertainty, groups outperform individuals. Real groups are often replaced by simulated groups: Instead of performing an actual group discussion, individual responses are aggregated by a numerical computation. While studies have typically used unweighted majority voting…
Descriptors: Group Discussion, Decision Making, Voting, Simulation
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Morton, Andrew J. B. – Journal of Political Science Education, 2023
The case for the use of simulations in political science seminars to provide illustrative learning of complex political process has been well demonstrated across a variety of sub-disciplines within political science. Their value to the teaching of European Union politics has also been explored and is particularly valuable for the EU's numerous…
Descriptors: Simulation, International Organizations, Political Science, Seminars
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Smith, Alex P.; Phillips, Stephen C. – Journal of Political Science Education, 2021
Simulations offer opportunities for students to receive instruction in political strategies and practice developing political skills without the real-world consequences faced by policymakers. Budget simulations introduce students to collective action problems prevalent at all levels of American government and can be used in a variety of courses.…
Descriptors: Simulation, Budgeting, Political Science, Agenda Setting
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Jeremy Stoddard; Jais Brohinsky; Jason A. Chen; Derek Behnke; M. Shane Tutwiler; Janice Robbins – Grantee Submission, 2025
This paper explores how PurpleState, a political simulation designed to foster skills and knowledge for informed civic participation, develops students' abilities to counter or resist the effects of political polarization and partisanship. Throughout the simulation, which has been implemented in Virginia and Wisconsin, students are asked to…
Descriptors: Simulation, Political Attitudes, Political Science, Teaching Methods
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Bennion, Elizabeth A.; Laughlin, Xander E. – Journal of Political Science Education, 2018
The "Journal of Political Science Education (JPSE)" provides over a decade of research on political science pedagogy, featuring empirical research documenting best practices in the field. This article provides an overview of "JPSE"-published research on the topics of civic education and engagement. It summarizes the number and…
Descriptors: Political Science, Civics, Best Practices, Educational Research
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Schnurr, Matthew A.; De Santo, Elizabeth M.; Green, Amanda D.; Taylor, Alanna – Journal of Geography, 2015
This article investigates the particular mechanisms through which a role-play simulation impacts student perceptions of knowledge acquisition. Longitudinal data were mobilized in the form of quantitative and qualitative surveys to examine whether the simulation succeeded in increasing knowledge around both content and skills. It then delves deeper…
Descriptors: Role Playing, Geography Instruction, Simulation, Student Attitudes
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Rauh, Jonathan – Journal of Political Science Education, 2014
Active learning, including in-class debates, is used in social science classrooms as a means of improving meaning and increasing understanding of complex materials. However, in-class debates do not fully satisfy all aspects of experiential learning because students do not get to experience the results of multifaceted concepts, such as strategic…
Descriptors: Discussion (Teaching Technique), Class Activities, Educational Experiments, Active Learning
Seib, Jerod Drew – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Scholars have researched how voters make decisions for well over a half a century, but these studies are limited in what they are able to say about how voters make decisions because they have focused on the choice rather than the process. Most of these studies have focused on the choice that voters reach or the way their memories are structured,…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Voting, Elections, Political Campaigns
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Hoffman, Donna R. – PS: Political Science and Politics, 2009
It is often a difficult proposition for introductory American government students to comprehend different electoral systems and how the rules of the game affect the representation that results. I have developed a simulation in which different proportional-based electoral systems are compared with a single-member plurality electoral system. In…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Elections, Simulation, Political Science
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Joyce, Helen M. – Social Education, 2008
Given the low turnout among younger voters, it is important to seek innovative ways of engaging students in the electoral process, and a presidential year like this one offers exciting opportunities for doing so. In this article, the author describes her experiences with a schoolwide project designed by herself and colleagues that simulates the…
Descriptors: Elections, Political Campaigns, Simulation, Social Studies
Langhorst, Eric – School Library Journal, 2008
Teachers live for the "teachable moments"--those opportunities to connect their subject content to events taking place beyond the classroom. They can occur spontaneously, lucky occasions to bring the curriculum to life grabbed on the fly. In other instances, a teachable moment looms large. In hundreds of thousands of classrooms nationwide,…
Descriptors: Current Events, Teachers, Elections, Political Campaigns
Guarneri; Carl, Ed.; Davis, James, Ed. – M.E. Sharpe Inc, 2008
This comprehensive resource is an invaluable aid for adding a global dimension to students' understanding of American history. It includes a wide range of materials from scholarly articles and reports to original syllabi and ready-to-use lesson plans to guide teachers in enlarging the frame of introductory American history courses to an…
Descriptors: World History, United States History, Courses, Race