Interactive Simulation for Teaching Engineering Economics

工程-其他(59)这个项目开发软件，使游戏的管理自动化，模拟经营公司的经济决策。在游戏中，随着投资机会的出现，学生们将课堂上学到的原则应用到“经营自己的公司”中。每一次机会都需要使用课堂上最新的主题。目前的“手册”版游戏虽然很受学生欢迎，但需要教练花大量的时间来管理游戏并计算学生的决定结果。学生将接受调查，以获得他们的反应和建议；此外，在他们的课程中使用该游戏的学生的测试结果将与没有使用该游戏的类似课程的测试结果进行比较。调查人员将在专业会议上提交描述游戏和评估结果的论文，他们将通过网站和光盘向感兴趣的任何人免费提供该软件。

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.