AN EXAMINATION OF THE PERCEIVED EFFECTIVENESS OF COMPUTEE SIMULATION IN A CLASSROOM SETTING AS AFFECTED BY GAME, ENVIRONMENTAL AND RESPONDENT CHARACTERISTICS

This paper is an empirical study to determine if the perceptions of students involved in a classroom computer based simulation game are affected by other than internal reactions. The purpose of the study is to generate some data which can be used by those interested in the simulation approach for whatever purposes they wish. In this study eleven tables representing those statistically significant responses of 131 undergraduate students involved in a classroom computer based 3imulation exercise to a number of statements relating to simulation techniques are tabulated with several demographic and game characteristics and then briefly analyzed. The authors sincerely hope this preliminary investigation will encourage, perhaps even professionally compel, others to conduct similar research