This review analyzes current trends in the literature concerned with the training of school administrators. Emphasis is placed on the effectiveness of a variety of inservice training strategies, including workshops, simulations, seminars, and encounter groups. In university-based training programs, the trend is toward greater use of the humanities…

Play and games are widely held to meet a vital role in the socialization process. This study explores the differences in their socialization impact by race. Children in the sixth grade at a rural school were surveyed with regard to their participation in four types of games: individual, sports, board/card and party. Game experience was found to be…

Computer simulations provide powerful models for establishing goals, guidelines, and constraints in educational planning. They are dynamic models that allow planners to examine logical descriptions of organizational behavior over time as well as permitting consideration of the large and complex systems required to provide realistic descriptions of…

This report describes digital computer simulation efforts in a study of memory systems for two important cases: that of the individual the brain; and that of society, the library. A neural system model is presented in which a complex system is produced by connecting simple hypothetical neurons whose states change under application of a…

This book opens with "An Introduction to Simulation" by Nicholas A. Fattu, Institute of Educational Research, Indiana University; he includes a survey of simulation, discussion of its potential for educational applications, and a 60-item bibliography. The remaining chapters are papers presented at the 1964 research symposium which dealt…

Thirty-six participants and four observers representing 34 states attended the practicum at the Utah State University campus in Logan, July 8-19, 1968. The purpose was to provide high school business teachers with practical knowledge, experience, and materials for designing and operating simulated business offices in their classrooms. The…

One of seven coordinated inservice institutes to be conducted during 1970 for vocational education and related personnel representing rural areas of the United States is discussed. This specific institute was concerned with the procedures of application of innovations resulting from research and development programs. The program relies primarily…

As an economical method of evaluating alternative building programs prior to deciding upon one, a computer-based mathematical model is described which could be used to simulate an institution's use of physical facilities. Information is presented regarding program input, measure of effectiveness, and program procedure. Sample forms and sample…

This study was concerned with--(1) the conditions of transfer of training, (2) armed forces research on the use of synthetic training devices in the learning of complex skills, (3) armed forces research on the use of training devices in learning judgmental skills, and (4) training devices used in driver education. A section with a summary,…

A set of APL (A Programing Language) programs written for use on a time-sharing IBM System/370 computer and used to aid in the teaching of selected econometric concepts is described. The programs involve the simulation of a set of n observations; of a simple regression model Y = A BX U; the plotting of the Y and X simulated values; the estimation…

Computer simulation is recognized as a valuable systems analysis research tool which enables the detailed examination, evaluation, and manipulation, under stated conditions, of a system without direct action on the system. This technique provides management with quantitative data on system performance and capabilities which can be used to compare…

In two separate reports the founding and set up of Project CORES was outlined, and then a specific research project was described. Project CORES began in the efforts of three men who felt a more systematic investigation of simulation effects was needed. The criteria felt most sensitive were the physiological activities of galvanic skin potential…

This paper provides a general perspective for evaluating interest inventories and simulations and outlines some activities to stimulate the development of more useful inventories. Previous evaluations have been primarily instrument-specific; have relied generally on opinion rather than evidence; and have focused only on possible sex, age, race, or…

This paper discusses the use and purposes of simulation in teacher preparation. The theoretical dimensions of instructional simulation and some current simulation programs for the pre- and in-service education of teachers are presented. Advantages and disadvantages of simulation are discussed as well as unresolved issues surrounding the use of…

The APRAC-1A diffusion model was developed as a versatile and practical model for computing the concentrations of pollutants at any point within a city. The model calculates pollutant contributions from diffusion on various scales, including: extra-urban diffusion, mainly from sources in upwind cities; intra-urban diffusion from freeway, arterial,…