Different ways to introduce a business simulation: The effect on student performance

Simulation and Gaming

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 526-532

  Snow, Sheldon C ^a   Gehlen, Frieda L ^a   Green, Jack C ^a  

^a PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BUSINESS POLICY GAME; Business simulation; Cohesion; Confidence; Effort; Grade weighting; Instructor involvement; Instructor style; Participant perceptions; Pedagogy; Simulation introduction; Student attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449123910     PISSN: 10468781     EISSN: 1552826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046878102238617     Document Type: Article

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