ICAF - TEMPER 66: STUDENT ACCEPTANCE OF A COMPUTER SIMULATION OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AS AN ADJUNCT TO THE CURRICULUM OF THE INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE OF THE ARMED FORCES,

Abstract

TEMPER 66 was a computer simulation exercise in economic, military, and political decision making at the national level introduced into the ICAF curriculum as a capping experience for the student body. A questionnaire, administered after the play, is analyzed in the light of the characteristics of the model to probe student reactions. Response was enthusiastic, but with reservations about TEMPER. It is recommended that there be no further development of the model for ICAF purposes because of (a) the wide divergence of the model from reality and (b) the lack of verifiability of the model, but that the exercise be continued in its present form to illustrate the acquisition and use of simulation systems rather than to teach the substance of the simulation. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 12, 1966
Accession Number
AD0642782

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  • James Hodgson

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  • Acquisition
  • Computer Simulations
  • Computers
  • Control Simulators
  • Curriculum
  • International Relations
  • Questionnaires
  • Simulations
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