Interactive Simulation for Teaching Engineering Economics

工程-其他（59）这个项目开发软件来自动管理模拟经营公司的经济决策的游戏。在游戏中，随着投资机会的出现，学生们将运用课堂上学到的原理来“经营自己的公司”。每个机会都要求使用课堂上最新的主题。目前的“手动”版本的游戏，虽然很受学生的欢迎，但需要教练过多的时间来管理游戏和计算学生的决定的结果。我们将调查学生的反应和建议；此外，在课程中使用该游戏的学生的测试结果将与未使用该游戏的类似课程的学生进行比较。研究人员将在专业会议上发表描述该游戏及其评估结果的论文，并将通过网站和CD-ROM向任何感兴趣的人免费提供该软件。

Engineering - Other (59)This project develops software to automate the management of a game simulating the economic decisions in running a company. In the game, students apply the principles learned in class to "run their company", as investment opportunities become available. Each opportunity requires the use of the most recent topics covered in class. The current "manual" version of the game, although very popular with the students, requires inordinate instructor time to manage the game and calculate the results of the students' decisions. Students will be surveyed to get their reaction and their suggestions; also test results from students who used the game in their course will be compared to those from a similar course where the game was not used. The investigators will present papers describing the game and the results of their evaluation at professional conferences, and they will make the software available free to anyone who is interested through a web site and a CD-ROM.