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ERIC Number: EJ145068
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1976
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Toward Theory Building in the Field of Instructional Games and Simulations
Cruickshank, Donald R.; Mager, Gerald M.
Programmed Learning and Educational Technology, 13, 3, 5-9, Jul 76
Three suggestions are made for improving on the present uncoordinated state of games and simulations: establish precise vocabulary, understand the relationships between simulation/gaming and other instructional alternatives, and instigate systematic research based on the descriptive--correlational--experimental loop model. (Author/LS)
Descriptors: Educational Games, Game Theory, Instructional Materials, Models, Simulation, Theories
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