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Leinhardt, Gaea; McQuaide, Judith – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2003
Reports the results of research that examined ways in which a computer simulation of a banking workplace influenced high schoolstudents' general knowledge and understanding about the world of work. Results indicated students who used the simulation had a broader sense of work and had more subtle understandings of current trade-offs than did…
Descriptors: Banking, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Entry Workers

McQuaide, Judith; Leinhardt, Gaea; Stainton, Catherine – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1999
Describes a study that examined high school students' ethical reasoning in the context of their participation in a computer simulation of a workplace environment. Includes opportunities for ethical decision-making, classroom observation of participating students, and responses to hypothetical ethical dilemmas. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Decision Making