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Download full textCOGSWELL, JOHN F.; AND OTHERS – 1965
CHARACTERISTICS AND CONSTRUCTION OF A COMPUTER SIMULATION MODEL FOR SIMULATING BEHAVIOR OF STUDENTS AND STAFF IN A SCHOOL WERE DESCRIBED. THIS MODEL INCORPORATED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND COMPUTER SIMULATION TECHNIQUES AND WAS EXPECTED TO PROVIDE DESIGN RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MORE PERVASIVE AND INTERGRATED CHANGES THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOLS. THE MODEL WAS…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Educational Facilities Design, Educational Planning, High Schools
COGSWELL, JOHN F.; AND OTHERS – 1966
THE USES OF SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND COMPUTER SIMULATION OF SCHOOL ORGANIZATION WERE EXPLORED TO FIND NEW WAYS TO IMPLEMENT INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA. THE USES OF SYSTEMS ANALYSIS RECOMMENDED WERE--(1) TO FACILITATE IMPROVEMENT OF PRESENT INSTRUCTIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL PLANNING SYSTEMS AND (2) TO EXPLORE THE FEASIBILITY OF PROPOSED SCHOOL ORGANIZATIONS. THE…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, High Schools, Innovation, Instructional Innovation
COGSWELL, JOHN F.; AND OTHERS – 1963
A COMPUTER PROGRAMED GENERAL SCHOOL SIMULATOR IS DESCRIBED AND RULES ARE GIVEN FOR A COMPUTER TRYOUT OF THE PILOT VERSION. ALTHOUGH THE MODEL WAS DESIGNED AS A GENERAL VEHICLE THAT WOULD PERMIT COMPUTER MODELING OF ANY SCHOOL CONFIGURATION, THE FIRST PILOT VERSION REPRESENTS A HYPOTHETICAL SCHOOL OPERATING UNDER THE "CONTINUOUS PROGRESS…
Descriptors: Administration, Computer Oriented Programs, Continuous Progress Plan, Data Collection
COGSWELL, JOHN F.; AND OTHERS – 1963
A GENERAL DESCRIPTION WAS PRESENTED OF THE SCHOOL SIMULATION PROJECT WHICH USED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND COMPUTER-SIMULATION TECHNIQUES FOR STUDYING ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES IN EDUCATION. THE ORGANIZATIONAL MODIFICATIONS STUDIED WERE APPLICABLE TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INSTRUCTIONAL INNOVATIONS. FIVE HIGH SCHOOLS. VARYING IN THE EXTENT THEY WERE…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Demonstration Programs, Educational Facilities Design, High Schools
COGSWELL, JOHN F. – 1966
SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND COMPUTER SIMULATION TECHNIQUES WERE APPLIED IN A STUDY OF INNOVATION FOR A 10TH-GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES COURSE. THE COURSE CONTENT WAS AMERICAN HISTORY WHICH WAS DIVIDED INTO 10 CONTENT AREAS SUCH AS COLONIAL, REVOLUNTIONARY, AND CONSTITUTIONAL AMERICAN. THE ACTIVITIES OF THE COURSE INCLUDED TEAM TEACHING, LECTURES, MEDIA…
Descriptors: American History, Course Content, Course Organization, Grade 10
COGSWELL, JOHN F. – 1964
A PROJECT WAS DESCRIBED THAT WOULD USE SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND COMPUTER SIMULATION TECHNIQUES TO FIND NEW WAYS TO IMPLEMENT INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA. THE FOUR MAJOR STEPS TO BE TAKEN FOR THIS STUDY ARE--(1) SURVEY AND SELECTION OF HIGH SCHOOLS, (2) SYSTEM ANALYSIS OF THE FIVE HIGH SCHOOLS SELECTED FOR STUDY, (3) CONSTRUCTION OF A COMPUTER-SIMULATION…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Continuous Progress Plan, Data Collection, High Schools
COGSWELL, JOHN F.; MARSH, DONALD G. – 1966
A COMPUTER SIMULATION OF A CONTINUOUS PROGRESS SCHOOL THAT PERMITS STUDENTS TO SCHEDULE THEMSELVES FOR COURSE WORK ON AN AUTONOMOUS BASIS WAS CONSTRUCTED AND TESTED. THE SYSTEM WAS SET UP TO FREE THE STUDENT FROM THE DISADVANTAGES OF TRADITIONAL PROGRESSION BY ALLOWING HIM TO WORK IN OTHER COURSES WHILE WAITING FOR TEACHING ASSISTANCE IN ANOTHER.…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Continuous Progress Plan, Experimental Schools, Individual Instruction
COGSWELL, JOHN F.; AND OTHERS – 1964
THE PLANS FOR A SIMULATION MODEL USING SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND COMPUTER SIMULATION TECHNIQUES WERE PRESENTED. THE TECHNIQUES AND DESIGN RECOMMENDATIONS WERE INTENDED TO FIND NEW METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA. FOUR MAJOR STEPS WERE INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT--(1) SURVEY AND SELECTION OF HIGH SCHOOLS, (2) SYSTEMS ANALYSIS OF FIVE HIGH…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Continuous Progress Plan, Educational Facilities Design, High Schools
COGSWELL, JOHN F. – 1966
A SYSTEMS ANALYSIS WAS MADE OF A 10TH-GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES COURSE IN AMERICAN HISTORY TAUGHT AT THE NOVA HIGH SCHOOL, FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA, TO EVALUATE THE COURSE AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL SYSTEM. THE ANALYSIS WAS CONCERNED WITH SUCH PROBLEM AREAS AS TEACHER ROLES, THE EFFECTS OF MEDIA ON STUDENT-TEACHER RELATIONSHIPS, INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS, THE…
Descriptors: American History, Computer Programs, Course Organization, Demonstration Programs
COGSWELL, JOHN F.; EGBERT, ROBERT L. – 1964
THE DESIGN OF A SURVEILLANCE AND DETECTION SYSTEM WAS PRESENTED FOR APPLICATION TO THE CONTINUOUS PROGRESS SCHOOL, DEVELOPED BY DR. EDWIN READ OF BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY. THE PURPOSE OF THIS SYSTEM, PART OF AN INFORMATION PROCESSING CENTER, WAS (1) TO MONITOR AND SURVEY THE STUDY ACTIVITIES OF STUDENTS, (2) TO DETECT THE PRESENCE OF REAL AND…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Continuous Progress Plan, Experimental Curriculum, Experimental Programs
COGSWELL, JOHN F.; EGBERT, ROBERT L. – 1964
THE APPLICATION OF SYSTEM ANALYSIS TO EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS OF A CONTINUOUS PROGRESS PLAN HIGH SCHOOL WAS DESCRIBED. THIS SCHOOL SCHOOL PLAN INVOLVED A RADICAL DEPARTURE FROM THE TRADITIONAL CURRICULUM AND AN EXTENSIVE USE OF NEW MEDIA. ALTHOUGH NO FULLY IMPLEMENTED CONTINUOUS PROGRESS SCHOOL EXISTED AT THE TIME OF OF THIS REPORT, THE BRIGHAM YOUNG…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Continuous Progress Plan, Educational Facilities Design, Experimental Curriculum
COGSWELL, JOHN F.; EGBERT, ROBERT L. – 1964
THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS CENTER (IMC) OF THE CONTINUOUS PROGRESS SCHOOL WAS DESCRIBED. THE CONTINUOUS PROGRESS SCHOOL PLAN WAS DEVISED BY DR. EDWIN READ AND WAS BEING DEVELOPED AT THE LABORATORY SCHOOL OF BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY. THIS REPORT DESCRIBED HOW AN IMC MIGHT OPERATE RATHER THAN HOW ONE IS OPERATING OR IS PLANNED TO OPERATE. AS…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Continuous Progress Plan, Experimental Curriculum, Experimental Programs
