Classroom experience for social studies students in simulation, role-playing, and sociodrama provides not only an interesting way of learning, but also an appreciation for the complexity and interdependence of social systems in the modern world. Role-playing requires a student to assume an identity other than his own to increase his understanding…

The manual describes a simulated community and school district and is to be used with the "in-baskets" (VT 006 654) produced by the University Council of Educational Administration (UCEA) and those produced by the University of Nebraska in conjunction with the UCEA. The "Instructor's Guide for Using Simulated Materials to Instruct School…

In order to enhance the role playing ability of the participants in a simulation game on collective bargaining and to cultivate a sense of "vested interest" in the game's outcome, the students first prepared positions supporting the union or the management position in a hypothetical case. They were required to defend their position…

The guidebook for the teacher-coordinator of distributive education presents abstracts of 57 games and simulations. Each abstract provides a brief overview of the game or simulation, as well as author, publisher, cost, copyright date, time required, and number of players required. The abstracts are sequenced in alphabetical order. A topical index…

Covering instructional simulation systems, this bibliography attempts to list the latest available references, and includes references not only to simulation but to other pertinent topics (such as instructional systems design, computer-assisted instruction, and programed instruction) that might help the reader design his own simulation system. The…

For use in planning and conducting functional multi-phase driver education programs, this teacher's guide consists of four phases of instruction: classroom activities, simulated application, in-car range practice, and in-car public practice. Contents are divided into three instructional sections, with the first combining the classroom activities…

The use of simulation and games for learning at all levels of school has grown rapidly in only a few years. In this paper the author attempts to define what such activities are intended to do, how they are best used, and what precisely they are. He points out the differences and similarities between games and simulations. Some theories of learning…

The purpose of this study was to determine the efficiency of the estimates of ability provided by the one-parameter logistic model as compared to the estimates provided by the more general two- and three-parameter models. Several tests were simulated with item parameters meeting the assumptions of either the two- or three-parameter model. For each…

Experiments focused on (a) how a subject directs his attention and explores the problem environment created by the task to be learned, and (b) how the subject's learning process can be facilitated by CAI systems. In all experiments, the subject interacted with an automaton responsible for controlling the experimental environment. The automaton was…

A stochastic simulation model is presented which describes the learning activity in an educational system in terms of pupil flow through student modules and produces a comprehensive picture of utilization during each time period for each activity type. Using this model the decision-maker can choose the optimal configuration of student module…

This paper describes the activities of Project Covert and Overt Responses to Education Simulation (CORES) designed to provide an identity for students and faculty desiring to engage in simulation-related research and development activities. Activities for investigating the use of simulation are in the directions of administrative decision making,…

This paper outlines some major areas of use of simulation in Army Aviation and comments on current research. Equipment development, crew performance studies, concept development and training are discussed. Only in the training area has the Army made substantial progress. A broad program of simulation research with emphasis on engineering and…

This document presents a three-step model for providing teachers with basic information on year-round or extended school plans. As a first step, descriptions of basic plans are given. The four used in this paper are Staggered Quarter for All, Full 48-week School Year for All, Voluntary Summer Program, and A Summer Program for Professional…

This study investigates the performance of students in a simulation correlated with selected measures of their personality, attitudes toward children and teaching, creativity, and effective reasoning in an attempt to discover variables which identify good and poor solvers of teaching problems. Thirty-six elementary education majors were…

This is a model to find out if a problem-solving process can be specified clearly enough to be modeled by a computer, thus providing a simulation which can be used to train preservice teachers to use this process to solve classroom problems. In the model, the teacher trainee must respond to eight successive questions which form a strategy to…