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Nordmark, Staffan – VTI Rapport, 1984
This report contains a theoretical model for describing the motion of a passenger car. The simulation program based on this model is used in conjunction with an advanced driving simulator and run in real time. The mathematical model is complete in the sense that the dynamics of the engine, transmission and steering system is described in some…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Computer Software, Driver Education, Foreign Countries
Small, Marlene B.; Briggs, Dora K. – 1987
This paper describes an experiment in using the "scenario," a concept parallel to that of the case study, as a research tool for obtaining information about possible sex discrimination in personnel decisions by high school principals in South Australia. A review of the literature indicated that in spite of legislation aimed at…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Management Games
Gage, Susan – Teachergram, 1988
Articles and activities written for the senior secondary level explore the complex links between militarization and underdevelopment. The articles discuss choices between missiles and food in developing countries, the internal and external causes of militarism, and the hidden costs of militarism. Case studies of the Kwajalein Atoll and Ethiopia…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Economic Factors
Development Communication Report, 1988
Four issues of this newsletter focus primarily on the use of communication technologies in developing nations to educate their people. The issues included in this collection are: (1) No. 60 (1988-1), which features articles on the recent emergence of intercountry networks of collaboration (resulting in the sharing of staff, equipment, and…
Descriptors: Appropriate Technology, Computer Simulation, Developing Nations, Distance Education
Schuster, Don, Ed. – Journal of the Society for Accelerative Learning and Teaching, 1983
The spring-summer and fall-winter 1983 numbers of the journal include these articles: "Body-Mind Integration Through Yoga" (Marie Paulyn); "The Effectiveness of Three Classroom Teaching Methods: Programmed Instruction, Simulation, and Guided Fantasy" (Elizabeth B. Groff, Gary F. Render); "Teaching Relaxation in School: A…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Classification, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Development
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Campanella, Alfred J., Ed. – Social Education, 1983
A compilation of 13 social studies activities suitable for immediate application in the classroom includes teaching ideas for both elementary and secondary teachers. Activities comprise a simulated mapping expedition to Jamestown colony; a folktale illustration of moral dilemmas; taped interviews with Soviet citizens; simulated employment…
Descriptors: Colonial History (United States), Conflict Resolution, Cross Cultural Studies, Current Events
Passage: A Journal of Refugee Education, 1988
This combined theme issue contains articles on the following topics: science and the communicative classroom; educational and recreational facilities in the Phanat Nikhom, Thailand refugee camps; learning styles; use of visual aids for language teaching; whole language methods for second-language writing instruction; bilingual cultural…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Bilingual Education, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Style
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New Horizons in Education, 1997
The articles in this journal, in either Chinese or English (all with English abstracts), on elementary and secondary education in Hong Kong include: "Environmental Education: A Head, Heart, and Hand Approach to Learning About Environmental Problems" (Daniella Tilbury); "Social Subjects and Civic Education in Secondary Schools"…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Chinese, Civics, Classroom Techniques
Passage: Journal of Refugee Education, 1987
The three 1987 issues of the Journal of Refugee Education include articles on the following topics: on-the-job training; preparing refugee children for elementary school programs; examining attitudes and stereotypes through video; older teenagers at the Bataan (Philippines) refugee site; developing a survey course in Indonesian culture for…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Artists, Children, Community Services