Language simulations: The blending space for writing and critical thinking

Kovalik, Doina L.; Kovalik, Ludovic M.

doi:10.1177/1046878106298271

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“…These results confirmed that instructors recognized the benefits of simulations as originally articulated for the CIMARRON VALLEY simulation as well as results obtained by others: strategic competence (Salies, 2002a), collaboration (Halleck et al, 2002), interactive learning environments (Klabbers, 2001), rhetorical skills (Fukushima, 2007;Naidu, 2007), and critical thinking and argument (Kovalik & Kovalik, 2007). These results indicate that knowledge of many of the goals and underpinnings of simulations remained intact over time in the program.…”

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The life of a simulation: Programmatic promises and pitfalls

Damron

2007

Simulation & Gaming

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This article is a reflection on the promises and pitfalls of using a simulation-centered curriculum for English as a Second Language (ESL) writing over time. A one-time graduate student and instructor of the program, the author returned after 10 years to the program as the director to discover that as with any curriculum, changes had occurred-changes in leadership, teaching staff, and course objectives-which had consequences for simulation use in the classroom. In an effort to determine the current state of the program and possible directions for the future, the author surveyed 12 current and former instructors and interviewed a former director of the program and found implications for instructor training, program direction, and sustaining simulation use over time.

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The life of a simulation: Programmatic promises and pitfalls

Damron

2007

Simulation & Gaming

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“…The development of critical thinking skills is high on the agenda for HE establishments (Stassen et al, 2011;Roth 2010: Kovalik andKovalik, 2007;Halpern, 1998), and educators' teaching methods need to be adapted carefully to build on the students' current critical thinking skills in order to develop them The impact of critical thinking disposition on learning using business simulations. The International Journal of Management Education, 13(2), 119-12 http://dx.doi.…”

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The impact of critical thinking disposition on learning using business simulations

Bell

Loon

2015

The International Journal of Management Education

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This research seeks to determine the relationship between students' critical thinking disposition and their learning while engaging in a business simulation at a UK higher education institution (HEI). The research informs educators making decisions about the use of simulations as to the value of considering critical thinking dispositions. Previous research has found that simulations are an effective way for students to engage actively in learning, bridging the gap between theory and practice. It has also been found that such simulations can develop students' critical thinking skills. However, hitherto no research has been undertaken into the role that existing critical thinking disposition has on the learning of students, as measured by the degree to which students perceived that they met the module's intended learning outcomes. This research offers insights into the role and importance of critical thinking disposition and its component dimensions and how this impacts student learning. The results indicate that the level of critical thinking disposition is positively related to the students' learning. The implications of the research suggest educators should target business simulations at specific cohorts of students. The relative importance of the critical thinking disposition constructs and the practical educational implications of these findings are discussed.

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“…It should be noted here that the card game via which we gathered our data was but a stage of a more encompassing classroom simulation; for more details relative to that simulation, see Kovalik and Kovalik (2007).…”

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A lesson learned through gaming

Kovalik

2007

Simulation & Gaming

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This article describes an educational card game the objective of which is to raise students' awareness of the need for clarity, structure, and organization in all everyday activities of humans. Although the game as such was played in freshman composition, therefore addressing the immediate needs of that particular class, the lesson learned through it can easily be generalized-and hence applied to everyday life.

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Language simulations: The blending space for writing and critical thinking

Cited by 18 publications

References 6 publications

The life of a simulation: Programmatic promises and pitfalls

The life of a simulation: Programmatic promises and pitfalls

The impact of critical thinking disposition on learning using business simulations

A lesson learned through gaming

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