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Boyd, James L. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this quasi-experimental quantitative study was to investigate whether online interactive simulations would provide a positive improvement in learners' ability to apply critical thinking skills in a dangerous work environment. The course in which an improvement in critical thinking skills was the target outcome was a course which…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Retention (Psychology), Online Courses, Training
Wright, Richard A. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this research was to investigate the effects of virtual reality training on the development of cognitive memory and handgun accuracy by law enforcement neophytes. One hundred and six academy students from 6 different academy classes were divided into two groups, experimental and control. The experimental group was exposed to virtual…
Descriptors: Weapons, Accuracy, Control Groups, Experimental Groups
Lampi, Evans – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The effectiveness of using virtual labs to train students in computer networking skills, when real equipment is limited or unavailable, is uncertain. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of using virtual labs to train students in the acquisition of computer network configuration and troubleshooting skills. The study was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Simulated Environment, Computer Simulation, Teaching Methods
Washington, Andre Lamont – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study examined how desktop virtual reality environment training (DVRET) affected state anxiety and vocational identity of vocational rehabilitation services consumers during job placement/job readiness activities. It utilized a quantitative research model with a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest design plus some qualitative descriptive…
Descriptors: Simulated Environment, Computer Simulation, Job Placement, Vocational Rehabilitation
Abal, Abdulaziz – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The population of English Language Learners (ELLs) globally has been increasing substantially every year. In the United States alone, adult ELLs are the fastest growing portion of learners in adult education programs (Yang, 2005). There is a significant need to improve the teaching of English to ELLs in the United States and other English-speaking…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Adult Education, Virtual Classrooms, Computer Simulation
Dodds, Heather E. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Online education has grown into a part of the educational market answering the demand for learning at the learner's choice of time and place. Inquiry skills such as observing, questioning, collecting data, and devising fair experiments are an essential element of 21st-century online science coursework. Virtual immersive worlds such as Second Life…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Inquiry, Simulated Environment, Computer Simulation
Simon, Nicole A. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Virtual laboratory experiments using interactive computer simulations are not being employed as viable alternatives to laboratory science curriculum at extensive enough rates within higher education. Rote traditional lab experiments are currently the norm and are not addressing inquiry, Critical Thinking, and cognition throughout the laboratory…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Computer Uses in Education, Science Laboratories, Teaching Methods
Pares-Toral, Maria T. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The ever increasing popularity of virtual worlds, also known as 3-D multi-user virtual environments (MUVEs) or simply virtual worlds provides language instructors with a new tool they can exploit in their courses. For now, "Second Life" is one of the most popular MUVEs used for teaching and learning, and although "Second Life"…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computer Simulation, Computer Assisted Instruction
Earl, Jason Scott – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The focal goal of this research was to extend the empirical effort on business simulations as a form of experiential learning by providing the first empirical analysis of business acumen and knowledge application skills. Disruptions in technology are providing more opportunities to improve the simulation gaming learning experience and a number of…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Control Groups, Experimental Groups, Administrators
Levitan, Ellen P. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Many university administrators are unaware of the increasing use of computer technologies for educating employees. This study explored higher education administrators' perceptions of computer technology for university administrator learning. A treatment group of UC Berkeley administrative employees was assigned to use an online simulation; a…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Employees, Computers, Control Groups
Valente, Alice M. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
High fidelity simulation is a well documented adjunctive teaching method in medical and nurse practitioner programs, but few studies of effectiveness on this technology on the development of competency have emphasized pre-licensure associate degree level programs. This study explored student competency in the application of the nursing process…
Descriptors: Nursing, Associate Degrees, Data Analysis, Competence
Rackler, Angeline – ProQuest LLC, 2011
A new trend in e-learning development is to have subject matter experts use rapid development tools to create training simulations. This type of training is called rapid e-learning simulation training. Though companies are using rapid development tools to create training quickly and cost effectively, there is little empirical research to indicate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Assisted Instruction, Electronic Learning, Experimental Groups
Rague, Brian William – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Almost all collegiate programs in Computer Science offer an introductory course in programming primarily devoted to communicating the foundational principles of software design and development. The ACM designates this introduction to computer programming course for first-year students as CS1, during which methodologies for solving problems within…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Introductory Courses, Sequential Approach, Programming Languages
Makwana, Alpesh P. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
"Pre-Trip Inspection" of the truck and trailer is one of the components of the current Commercial Driver's License (CDL) test. This part of the CDL test checks the ability of the student to identify the important parts of the commercial vehicle and their potential defects. The "Virtual Check Ride System" (VCRS), a…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Experimental Groups, Motor Vehicles, Program Effectiveness
Wieland, Kristina – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Students benefit from collaborative learning activities, but they do not automatically reach desired learning outcomes when working together (Fischer, Kollar, Mandl, & Haake, 2007; King, 2007). Learners need instructional support to increase the quality of collaborative processes and individual learning outcomes. The core challenge is to find…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Processes, Cooperative Learning, Teaching Methods
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