UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATES IN POLITICAL SCIENCE WERE SUBJECTED TO TWO TYPES OF TEACHING TECHNIQUES-SIMULATION (GAME PLAYING) AND CASE STUDY. PERSONALITY FACTORS OF MOTIVATION AND COGNITIVE STYLE WERE DETERMINED FOR THE STUDENTS IN EACH GROUP. THESE WERE CONSIDERED THE INTERVENING VARIABLES. THE STUDENTS WERE TESTED BEFORE AND AFTER THE COURSE OF…

The feasibility of generalized approaches to training military personnel in the use of different types of sonar/acoustic warfare systems was explored. The initial phase of the project consisted of the analysis of representative sonar and acoustic equipment to identify training areas and operator performance requirements that could be subjected to…

Traditional methods of recruitment and selection in academic administration have not placed an emphasis on formal training or preparation but have relied heavily on informal notions of experiential learning. Simulation as a device for representing complex processes in a manageable form, gaming as an organizing technique for training and…

Described in this pamphlet is a procedure used by the West Virginia Air Pollution Control Commission to train personnel in evaluating visible emissions. For this purpose a "Smoke Observer's Training Unit" has been designed, a machine capable of generating both gray/black plumes for training in the use of Ringlemann readings and white plumes for…

Simulation as a mode of computer use in instruction has been neglected by educators. This paper briefly explores the circumstances in which simulations are useful and presents several examples of simulation programs currently being used in high-school biology, chemistry, physics, and social studies classes. One program, STERIL, which simulates…

Describes a simulated model office to replicate various insurance occupations set up in Greenfield High School, Wisconsin. Local insurance agents and students from other disciplines, such as distributive education, are involved in the simulation. The training is applicable to other business office positions, as it models not only an insurance…

Discusses a simple way to help accounting students understand the system-subsystem concept by adapting accounting simulations into subsystems (departments) which make up one system--the company. (TA)

A high school business teacher answers teachers' questions on how to handle certain phases of office simulation. (MF)

A mini-simulation (one to three class periods long) using the telephone directory is outlined to exemplify a simulated work experience in which students practice decision-making skills. (TA)

The advantages of simulation and role playing as teaching techniques are discussed. (DE)

Described is a simulated reading activity which learning disability (LD) teachers can use to help classroom teachers experience the anxieties, frustrations, and failures that LD students experience under group norm instruction. (CL)

Presents the concepts of spot, forward, and futures markets, term structure, and arbitrage within the framework of an apartment complex in which each unit is a perfect substitute for every other. Attempts to illustrate how real markets work by describing the above concepts in terms of the market for apartments. (GEA)

College seniors in a geography of marketing and distribution course learn about spatial optimizing techniques by participating in a freight distribution game. Students plan the distribution of confectionery from two factories in England to 20 wholesale and retail customers in Scotland. The team that designs the lowest cost system wins. (RM)

Describes several strategies designed to increase audience participation in role play and simulation activities in the foreign language classroom, including audience feedback, role switching, voting, instant replay, cultural discussion, audience direction, press conference, and class soap opera. These strategies make the role play more productive…

An economic simulation in which the classroom is organized like the world of work, with the teacher as employer and the students as paid employees; is an excellent way to prepare students for the world of work and to get them to help with routine classroom chores. (RM)