Simulation for instruction
Judith B. Edwards · ACM SIGCUE Outlook · 1973
a For many years, simulation has been used for a variety of purposes, fro m the staging of mock battles and wars to predicting elections to designin g harbors .This use of simulation in society has stimulated the growing use o f simulation for educational purposes .In universities and high schools , students now may interact with a computer-based simulation to learn laws o f physics, to see the results of decision strategies in business or government , to practice diagnosing patients, or to conduct dangerous experiments wit h (simulated) radioactive material .Many educators have been persuaded tha t the use of simulation is an instructional strategy of unparalleled effectiveness .Indeed, the fascination of a game-like situation coupled with th e glamor of the computer offer a compelling combination .