Simulation games in business and marketing education: How educators assess student learning from simulations

Vos, Lynn

doi:10.1016/j.ijme.2015.01.001

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“…Simulated environments, especially used in business and marketing, are designed to represent real-world decision-making contexts. In business simulations, for instance, groups of students develop business or product ideas, develop a target segment and go through a concept test and market entrance, and finally, present their business plan at a major business fair at the end of the semester (Vos, 2015). The students' work is evaluated by invited experts from the university and private sector companies who are sponsors of the business school.…”

Section: What Is Authentic Assessment?mentioning

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Authentic Assessment Design in Accounting Courses: A Literature Review

2018

Proceedings of the 2018 InSITE Conference

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Aim/Purpose: [This Proceedings paper was revised and published in the 2018 issue of the journal Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology, Volume 15] Authentic assessments offer students the opportunity to develop skills that implement the formal learning they receive in the classroom. Although there is a need for accounting graduates to possess a plethora of skills to equip them for success, there is a shortage of literature which focuses on authentic assessment design for accounting courses. This paper aims to address this gap by compiling a toolkit for accounting educators aspiring to design and implement authentic assessments Background: This paper reviews examples of authentic assessments that are available and have been used by accounting educators and educators in general. It highlights the skills that might be developed with each assessment Methodology: A review of literature on authentic assessment design and examples of authentic assessments like portfolios, reflective journals, presentations, reports peer and self-assessment was conducted. Contribution: This paper aims to address this gap by compiling a toolkit for accounting educators aspiring to design and implement authentic assessments. Findings: Authentic assessments are a form of learning. They help graduates develop skills and attribute that will make them work-ready and capable of handling a lot of real life practical work situations. Recommendations for Practitioners: Accounting educators may find guidelines in this paper which will help them understand authentic assessments and enlighten them on the challenges they may encounter when implementing the assessments Recommendation for Researchers: There is a need for future researchers to contribute more to this topic so as to increase the variety and amount of literature available for those wishing to engage with authentic curriculum design in accounting. Impact on Society: This paper may also be of use to prospective employers wishing to gain a clear understanding of the skills inherent in prospective graduates who may have been exposed to authentic assessments. Accounting students and graduates may find this paper useful as it will help them comprehend the importance of some the assessments with the backing and assurance from the literature. Future Research: Future research may focus on the challenges in implementing authentic assessments. It would also be great to see more research addressing the perceptions of educators towards authentic assessments.

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Section: What Is Authentic Assessment?mentioning

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Authentic Assessment Design in Accounting Courses: A Literature Review

2018

Proceedings of the 2018 InSITE Conference

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“…In a research conducted in UK the analysis of the reason why some student score poor performance indicated poor attendance as the main reason (in more than 30 % of the cases) followed by poor numerical skill (20 %) [10].…”

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Developing Competencies with the General Management II Business Simulation Game

Mustata¹,

Alexe²,

Alexe³

2017

Int. j. simul. model.

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The paper describes a solution to the need to find adequate ways of developing management-related competencies for students and trainees, which we consider a relevant pursuit for both literature and education practitioners knowledge. It is based on the case study method, describing the experience of the authors with the TOPSIM General Management II (GM2) business simulation game and the outcome regarding the development of competencies for participating students from two master programs from the Faculty of Engineering in Foreign Languages in Bucharest/Romania in the last 8 years, exploring the development of 21 management-related competencies. The chosen competencies and individual characteristics are: analytic thinking, strategic thinking, team work, defining goals, opportunity recognition, problem recognition, problem solving, decision making, proactive thinking, time management, communication, intuitive thinking, responsibility, argumentation, creativity, delegation, diplomacy, conflict management, flexibility, courage and self esteem. By showing the positive impact of students' GM2 participation in the development of management-related competencies from both professors and students point of view the paper adds a valuable best practice insight that can be used in universities and companies at an international level.

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“…[2] There are many cases of computer games used in university curriculum teaching abroad. Using the computer games, literature [3][4][5][6][7] separately carried out teaching research on the object-oriented programming course, the industrial engineering introduction course, the university entrepreneurship education course, the business and market education course and the software engineering course. By educational computer games, the literature [8] studied computer education game evaluation, literature [9] studied the social and cultural force of higher education, the literature [10] studied the sustainable development of higher education.…”

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Research on the Teaching Reform of Higher Education Based on the Depth Integration of Information Technology and Teaching

Zhu¹

2017

dtssehs

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Abstract. Computer education game was developed using virtual reality, image processing, animation and other advanced computer technologies with education and psychology knowledge. The computer education game integrates the computer games with the curriculum content, which can fully mobilize the students' learning initiative and enthusiasm. Based on the analysis of application research present situation of educational computer games in the domestic and foreign universities, the paper studied the connotation of computer education game, the role of computer education game in the reform of higher education and put forward suggestions to carry out teaching with the computer educational games, to provide a reference path for the teaching reform of higher education in China.

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Simulation games in business and marketing education: How educators assess student learning from simulations

Cited by 75 publications

References 55 publications

Authentic Assessment Design in Accounting Courses: A Literature Review

Authentic Assessment Design in Accounting Courses: A Literature Review

Developing Competencies with the General Management II Business Simulation Game

Research on the Teaching Reform of Higher Education Based on the Depth Integration of Information Technology and Teaching

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