Described is a simulated reading activity which learning disability (LD) teachers can use to help classroom teachers experience the anxieties, frustrations, and failures that LD students experience under group norm instruction. (CL)

Discusses a classroom simulation designed to teach students about the transmissions of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (the virus causing AIDS), particularly in the heterosexual population. The simulation can be carried out in a 50-minute class period and uses colored paper, string or yarn, and press-on name tags. (Author/AEM)

Four new military training systems offer the opportunity for the application of cognitive science. They are the following: (1) a family of memorization games; (2) a simulator with a graphic, schematic student interface; (3) a system for solving problems of relative motion; and (4) a method of building cognitive skills for air-intercept control.…

Reviews the problems of classifying gaming techniques and suggests a heuristic approach as one solution. Definitions of simulation, models, role, and game and play are discussed to help develop a classification based on a technique called gaming simulation. (Author/LRW)

Presents the concepts of spot, forward, and futures markets, term structure, and arbitrage within the framework of an apartment complex in which each unit is a perfect substitute for every other. Attempts to illustrate how real markets work by describing the above concepts in terms of the market for apartments. (GEA)

Describes a computer simulation game that helps teach spatial autocorrelation, a fundamental geographic concept referring to the degree and kind of spatial patterning to be found in geographic data. Experiences with this simulation exercise at the State University of New York Buffalo are briefly summarized. (Author/BSR)

While videodisks lost the home-entertainment market to videotapes in the 1980s, they may be emerging as a valuable instructional tool for simulating real-life situations. High costs and production time and lack of standardized technology remain constraints on the medium's use. (MSE)

A simulation of the decreased visual acuity of individuals with amblyopia is used in one optometry program to help students understand how amblyopia patients see. Students act as patient, then as doctor, proceeding through clinical diagnosis. (MSE)

A series of computer simulations of the neuronal resting and action potentials are described. Discusses the use of simulations to overcome the difficulties of traditional instruction, such as blackboard illustration, which can only illustrate these events at one point in time. Describes systems requirements necessary to run the simulations.…

Focuses on the use of electronic mail for teaching and learning about social welfare policy processes and compares electronic mail as a simulation medium to more structured computer applications. (Author)

Discusses intelligent tutoring systems (ITS), one application of artificial intelligence to computers used in education. Basic designs of ITSs are described; examples are given including PROUST, GREATERP, and the use of simulation with ITSs; protocol analysis is discussed; and 38 prototype ITSs are listed. (LRW)

Discusses the advantages of academic games and simulations in art education. Provides information on developing academic games and simulations and includes an example. Concludes that these strategies not only broaden the range of instructional approaches, but enhance the learning that results from the study of art. (GEA)

This article focuses on the types of techniques that trainers could use to manage the learning process more effectively. The author states that a good training program should ideally combine the traditional lecture method with cases, role-plays, films, games, and exercises. This shifts the responsibility for learning from the teacher to the…

Examined the effects of three group leadership styles (structured T-group, rotating leadership, Rogerian) on the personal and interpersonal functioning of 67 counselor trainees. Results from the pretest, posttest, and 6-8 week follow-up suggest that differences among the groups could be attributed in part to group leadership styles. (Author/BL)

Describes uses of computer simulations for the context of human service program evaluation. Presents simple mathematical models for most commonly used human service outcome evaluation designs (pretest-posttest randomized experiment, pretest-posttest nonequivalent groups design, and regression-discontinuity design). Translates models into single…