RESEARCH REPORT SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF EDUCATION, UNIVERSITY OF THE W1TWATERSRAND, JOHANNESBURG, IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF EDUCATION JOHANNESBURG 1986 / This study investigated the effectiveness of a simulation game in the teaching of history to secondary school pupils at matriculation level. History as taught in the schools has for a long time been a source of criticism and many educationists are perturbed by this fact. It is with this in mind that this investigation has been undertaken. In order to facilitate the investigation fifty matriculation pupils were divided into two unmatched groups. One group, the experimental group, was exposed to instruction by the simulation technique and the other, the control group was exposed to instruction by conventional methods. Both groups wrote the same achievement t»st and the results showed that the control group's achievement was better than that oi the experimental group. There are various reasons for this result as the investigation will indicate. It is apparent from the result that using non-equivalent groups for the investigation could not substantiate the hypothesis.

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Thesis (Ed.D.)--University of West Florida, 2007. / Title from title page of source document. Document formatted into pages; contains 133 pages. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1972. / Typescript. Vita. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 198-204).

Thesis (M.S.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1994. / Vita. Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 95-97). Also available via the Internet.

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Jong, Siu-yung = 探索如何將建構式電腦遊戲化學習融入正規學校課程教學中 / 莊紹勇. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2009. / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstract also in Chinese; includes Chinese. / Jong, Siu-yung = Tan suo ru he jiang jian gou shi dian nao you xi hua xue xi rong ru zheng gui xue xiao ke cheng jiao xue zhong / Zhuang Shaoyong.

A major issue in Intelligent Tutoring Systems is off-task student behavior, especially performance-based gaming, where students systematically exploit tutor behavior in order to advance through a curriculum quickly and easily, with as little active thought directed at the educational content as possible. The goal of this research was to explore the phenomena of off-task gaming behavior within the Assistments system, as well as to develop a passive visual indicator to deter and prevent off-task gaming behavior without active intervention via graphical feedback to the student and teachers. Traditional active intervention approaches were also constructed for comparison purposes, and machine-learned gaming-detection models were developed as a potential invocation and evaluation mechanism. Passive graphical interventions have been well received by teachers, and results are suggestive that they are effective at reducing off-task gaming behavior.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of North Texas, May, 2009. / Title from title page display. Includes bibliographical references.

This thesis looks at the potential use of computer simulation games in the ESL classroom. Simulation games, if educational as well as entertaining, come under the field of Computer Aided Instruction (CAI). CAI is expensive, both for computers and programs; programs are difficult to create and often specialized; and computer hardware is made differently, so software is difficult to transfer between computers. Yet, the advantages far out-weigh the disadvantages. With CAI, the student receives instant feedback and individualized instruction. The student can work at his/her own pace, and the computer can devote full attention to the student. It has not been fully determined whether students learn better or faster with CAI as compared to traditional classroom instruction.The major portion of this thesis is a computer simulation game written to instruct in the directions: right, left, straight, and back-up. With this program and support from in-class instruction, the student should learn directions quickly.