Explains the arrangement of materials in a classroom to simulate land or weather conditions. On each desk in the room pertinent bits of information are placed. Students gather bits of information and synthesize material into an overall map of the area. (CP)

The senior business policy course at McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia is described. Designed as an integrating decision-making course to develop administrative skills, it is based on a combination of case approach and management simulation in the form of a computerized business game. (JT)

Mathematical modelling activities related to everyday situations (e.g., traffic lights) can be used to develop probability concepts. (SD)

Describes a computer simulation experiment in which physical chemistry students can determine all of the kinetic parameters of a reaction, such as order of the reaction with respect to each reagent, forward and reverse rate constants for the overall reaction, and forward and reverse activation energies. (MLH)

To study the influence of affect simulation and Interpersonal Process Recall (IPR) techniques on client growth in personal counseling, an integrated affect-simulation/IPR treatment for college student clients was compared with a traditional treatment. Participants in the IPR/affect-simulation treatment did not score significantly higher or lower…

Provides a computer-assisted instruction program in projectile motion. Tape of program is available from author. (CP)

Describes the organization and content of an introductory policy planning course and an associated teaching technique - the simulation of a legislative hearing. The course emphasizes the significance of values and the scientific method in the development and analysis of social policy. (Editor/PG)

Presents a description of the computer simulation model developed by the National Educational Finance Project for use by States in planning and evaluating alternative approaches for State support programs. Provides a general introduction to the model, a program operation overview, a sample run, and some conclusions. (Author/WM)

Described is a computer-based simulation model for maximizing both the feedback of an administrative "in-basket" simulation exercise and the analysis of the results. (Author)

It is concluded that while behavior of experts in the hospital and clinic is the primary means of evaluating successful student performance, computer simulations of patient cases offer the opportunity to use expert data in the calibration of student error. (Editor)

Illustrates a sample remedial program in mathematics for physics students. Describes two computer games with successful instructional strategies and programs which help mathematically unsophisticated students to grasp the notion of a differential equation. (GH)

Describes a program which simulates motion in two dimensions of a point mass subject to a force which is a function of position, velocity, or time. Sample applications are noted and a source of a complete list of applications and programs is given. (GH)

Middle school students who learn about nineteenth-century America through "texts" such as Laura Ingalls Wilder's "Little House on the Prairie" series, also conduct investigations into their own backgrounds, and through an honors elective, Log Cabin Living, combine art, social studies and outdoor-living. (JH)

This paper extends the theory of conditional covariances to polytomous items. It has been mathematically proven that under some mild conditions, commonly assumed in the analysis of response data, the conditional covariance of two items, dichotomously or polytomously scored, is positive if the two items are dimensionally homogeneous and negative…