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Wolin, Jane – 1977
METRO-APEX is a computer based gaming simulation in which students study a large urban city and its surroundings by playing the roles of city and county politicians, industrialists, environmental control officials, city planners, land developers, and labor groups. METRO-APEX was played once a week for five weeks as part of one credit course in…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Course Descriptions, Game Theory, Higher Education
Download full textDuke, Richard D.; And Others – 1970
It is time that sociology made use of the increasingly popular teaching device of linking computer simulation and gaming. It is needed because in teaching courses in urban sociology, human ecology, and urban planning, we have found that: a) most class exercises present the community as a statis phenomenon; b) there is no quick and easy way to…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Ecological Factors, Educational Games, Games
