Effective practice is informed by underlying theoretical models. Better awareness and
understanding of such models can enhance reflection by practitioners on their current …

In recent years the search for greater degrees of curriculum relevancy has, led the educator
to myriads of &dquo; new&dquo; strategies, content, and arrangements, all hopefully based …

Simulations are used In a variety of settings for teaching, evaluation, and training. By
definition a simulation Is an imitative representation of the functioning of one system or …

This report describes design techniques, areas of effective application, and research
directions in educational simulations. The five chapters contain (1) a review of recent …

Various issues and practices related to computerized simulation are outlined, particularly in
relation to the other papers in this special issue of SSCORE. These cover such aspects as …

James S. Coleman (1968), of the Department of Social Relations at John Hopkins
University, says that students have" too long been taught things that are'known'and have too …

Despite a burgeoning array of educational simulations, developments in this area have not
been guided by much in the way of clear pedagogical criteria. Such criteria are needed to …

How can learning be focused on real people, real issues, and the real world? Learners need
to act upon the relationships of people in the world in which they live; the relationships of …

Designed to help teachers maximize outcomes from using any social simulation/game,
these guidelines are one part of a project which attempts to provide analytical and critical …

Twelker and Layden in The Guide to Simulations and Games (1977) define" simulation
game" as an activity in which individuals interact through cooperation and compe-tition in an …