A simulated micro-society simulation/game was applied as an experimental treatment to compare the impact of high and low rate of change social environments upon individual's time perspectives. Subjects were 187 university undergraduate and graduate students who completed the covariate "Social Readjustment Rating Scale" and then were randomly…

Superport is a learning experience which requires students to examine how a superport and its related industries will affect the marine environment of a given geographical area. The activity is designed to provide roles for up to 90 students. The simulation begins with the students defining factors that might be related to the installation of a…

This book on writing behavioral contracts is structured to give the reader an opportunity to use contingency contracting in a situation that resembles the real world. Contracting is a technique used to structure behavior counseling by making each of the necessary elements of the process so clear and explicit that they may be written into an…

The purpose of this study was to develop a screening procedure for undergraduate pilot training (UPT). This procedure was based upon the use of ground-based instrument trainers in which UPT candidates, naive to flying, were evaluated in their performance of job sample tasks; i.e., basic instrument flying. Training and testing sessions were…

APEX is a computerized gaming simulation; it is also the name of an interdisciplinary course in environmental problems in urban areas introduced at the School of Health Science, Hunter College of the City University of New York. In the course, students assume the roles of decision makers in both the private and public sectors. They receive data…

The teacher of library science can use case studies, simulations, and role playing to acquaint future librarians with the realities of library management. By using models, contextual statements, incident materials, and course management materials, the students can be involved in specific library problems which will later have broad on-the-job…

As a companion to a research report describing the evaluation of a simulation-style instructional package for training in electronic equipment maintenance, this appendix includes: (1) a copy of the instructor's lesson plan; (2) a handout on power supply procedure; (3) samples of troubleshooting simulations; (4) instructor recording forms; (5)…

The presentation explores the efficiency of the Moulton-Blake managerial Grid as the theoretical base for a decision simulation focusing on the leadership styles practiced by elementary principals. Three decision areas--organization, curriclum, and interpersonal relations--are identified as key areas in which elementary principals are expected to…

Stability of Type I error rates and power are investigated for three forms of the Box test and two forms of the jackknife test with equal and unequal sample sizes under conditions of normality and nonnormality. The Box test is shown to be robust to violations of the assumption of normality when sampling is from leptokurtic populations. The…

A computer based simulation program to provide teacher-trainees with practice in making pupil behavioral interventions has been developed using the cases of five hypothetical handicapped children. The trainee can choose to function in any of three modes: task or information sharing, intervention or control, or prevention aimed at keeping the pupil…

Two separate manuals give detailed instructions for setting up and carrying out simulated office practice. The simulation design covers all office skills and all kinds of office situations, from management decisions to ground rules for coffee breaks and includes handling rush jobs. Procedures and roles for seven office positions, from vice…

The Indiana Career Resource Center has organized this annotated bibliography to provide an efficient and comprehensive collection of a suggested set of career development-related resources. The bibliography contains 645 annotated and categorized listings of printed materials (which are grouped into four sections: professionally-oriented, youth…

The purpose of this study was to develop a broadcast economic computer simulation and to ascertain how a lecture-computer simulation game compared as a teaching method with a more traditional lecture and case study instructional methods. In each of three sections of a broadcast economics course, a different teaching methodology was employed: (1)…

Designed for use in a post-masters level course in library science, this model presents background information about the hypothetical library which is the context for the role-playing and in-basket exercises of a governmental library simulation. An organization chart, operations manual, annual report, and other documents serve to convey…

Simulation--here defined as a physical, procedural, or symbolic representation of certain aspects of a functioning system, or as a working model or representation of a real world system--has at least four areas of application: (1) training where the objective of simulation is to provide the trainee with a learning environment that will facilitate…