Presented in this report are the results of the feasibility testing of selected micro-teaching and video recording feedback techniques in a laboratory setting designed to simulate vocational teacher education. Volunteer teachers were selected and randomly assigned to three treatment groups in a repeated measurement design to compare the relative…

Two computer programs are described, with the development and implementation of the first program described in some detail. This is a student-computer dialogue for beginning or intermediate physics classes entitled "A Computer-Based Dialogue for Deriving Energy Conservation for Motion in One-Dimension." A portion of the flowchart is included,…

This report investigates student evaluations of a business simulation game as a learning experience in terms of specific claims which have been made for this kind of teaching technique. Ninety-nine junior college students in introductory business courses answered a questionnaire after playing the fame as an ongoing, semester-long activity. The…

Guidelines are presented for achieving the human factors inputs to the TA (Technical Approach) in the design process. (For each Navy training device, a TA determination provides for the evolution of the necessary technology.) A method is described which allows correlation of instructional requirements with engineering design solutions. The three…

A collection of articles from "Scientific American" magazine has been put together at this time because the current period in computer science is one of consolidation rather than innovation. A few years ago, computer science was moving so swiftly that even the professional journals were more archival than informative; but today it is…

The Academic Games program (which aims at developing and testing simulation games for the schools) of the Center for Social Organization of Schools has sponsored this report of the proceedings of the National Gaming Council's Eleventh Annual Symposium. Sessions of the symposium considered simulations and games in education, management,…

An instructional model suitable for the implementation of the tutorial mode of a computer-assisted instruction program is described in this report. The general guidelines for the design of the model are presented. Course organization, instructional strategies, and learning paths are discussed. The model provided for the accommodation of high,…

The City Planner's Manual is part of a set of 21 manuals (AA 001 009-001 029) used in APEX (Air Pollution Exercise), a computerized college and professional level "real world" game simulation of a community with urban and rural problems, industrial activities, and air pollution difficulties. The first two sections, which are the same in…

The Institute for the Future has been conducting research in technological and societal forecasting, social indicators, value change, and simulation gaming. This paper describes an effort to bring together parts of that research into a simulation game ("State Policy," or STAPOL) for analysis of the impact of government policy, social values, and…

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…

Several models for problem solving are discussed, and the idea of a heuristic frame is developed. This concept provides a description of the evolution of problem-solving skills in terms of the growth of the number of algorithms available and increased sophistication in their use. The heuristic frame model is applied to two sets of physical…

Applied performance tests are instruments designed to measure performance in an actual or simulated setting. The identifying difference between applied performance and other tests is the degree to which the instrument approximates the reality of the situation in which the task must be performed. A Clearinghouse for Applied Performance Testing…

These instructional materials and procedures for a clerical education student project are designed as a 2-week or 25-hour rotation unit which requires two students working simultaneously in a simulated business correspondence situation. The two students "work" for two different companies and exchange letters, invoices, purchase orders, and memos.…

The influence of three types of evaluation information was studied in simulated decision-making situations within a community mental health center setting. Administrators reviewed decision problems and were then presented political, cost/benefit, and statistical information one at a time. After each presentation, subjects rated the importance they…

Describes a program at the School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California at Davis to give students experience in diagnosis and management of urinary tract diseases. Students request from computer data banks that laboratory information they deem most useful in the medical management of each clinical problem. (JT)