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Promoting Learning Through Games and Simulations.
Thatcher, Donald – Simulation/Games for Learning, 1986
Considers nature of learning; significance of promoting learning rather than teaching; active nature of learning from experience; role of simulations and games in promoting learning; process of debriefing and its relationship to reflection; and teacher role. The Learning System, which relates general systems theory to process of learning, is…
Descriptors: Definitions, Educational Games, Experiential Learning, Instructional Effectiveness
SAGSET 1990--The Proof of the Pudding: The Effectiveness of Games and Simulations.
Rolfe, John – Simulation/Games for Learning, 1991
Discusses the need to evaluate the effectiveness of games and simulations that are used for training and educational purposes. Evaluation criteria are described, including validity, reliability, and utility; methods of measuring training device effectiveness are explained; and problems encountered with evaluations are discussed. (30 references)…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Needs, Evaluation Problems
The Hidden Curricula of Marketing Simulations.
Tonks, David; Wan, Anna – Simulation/Games for Learning, 1991
Factors that contribute to different perspectives and attitudes toward learning in both teachers and students are discussed, and MARKETING SIMULATION exercise for undergraduates at University of Lancaster is described. An evaluation of instructional effectiveness of this exercise is reported with emphasis on the impact of hidden curricula on…
Descriptors: College Students, Course Evaluation, Foreign Countries, Hidden Curriculum
Case Study versus a Business Simulation Exercise: Student Perceptions of Acquired Skills.
Anderson, Philip H.; Lawton, Leigh – Simulation/Games for Learning, 1991
This replication of a comparison of student perceptions and attitudes toward learning from case studies and from management simulations found that students perceive the simulation exercise to be superior to case study discussions for learning skills in the business policy course. Because these results contradict the findings of the original study,…
Descriptors: Business Education, Case Studies, College Students, Comparative Analysis
Debriefing in Experience-Based Learning.
Pearson, Margot; Smith, David – Simulation/Games for Learning, 1986
Considers nature of debriefing, its central importance in experience-based learning, and its relationship to briefing, as well as debriefing's purposes, their relationship to different types of knowledge being processed, and various ways to organize the process. Suggestions to make the debriefing experience more effective are presented. (MBR)
Descriptors: Definitions, Educational Games, Experiential Learning, Instructional Effectiveness
A Case Study on the Use of Games and Simulations in Primary Schools.
Ellington, Henry – Simulation/Games for Learning, 1992
Describes the Grampion Primary Industry Project, a curriculum development project which used games, role playing, and simulation to teach students from kindergarten through grade seven about the business world. Outcomes showed the project succeeded in achieving objectives all across the primary curriculum. Specific games are described. (three…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Business, Case Studies, Curriculum Development