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Peer reviewedManning, Robert E.; Potter, Fletcher I. – Journal of Environmental Education, 1984
Describes a computer-based Wilderness Travel Simulation Model that reduces the complexity of the outdoor system under study, allows students to act as managers (devising and testing their own management strategies), and increases student exposure to characteristics of actual park and wilderness areas. Two scenarios of recreational use patterns are…
Descriptors: Administration, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Simulation, Environmental Education
Peer reviewedHuber, Thomas P.; Falkenmayer, Karen – Journal of Environmental Education, 1987
Discusses the need for education about soil erosion and advocates the use of the Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) to show the impacts of human and natural action on the land. Describes the use of a computer simulated version of the USLE in several environmental and farming situations. (TW)
Descriptors: College Science, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Computer Uses in Education
