Factors affecting students' decision to choose a traditional or role-play simulation based course format

Objective: Assessment of the need to study the process of delivering a batch of containers from the rear terminal to the port to ensure uninterrupted communication between the rear terminal and the seaport and delivery a batch of containers exactly on time. As a primary task, the problem of analyzing the factors affecting the nature of the delivery process is solved. Methods: The methods of the theory of probability and mathematical statistics were applied in terms of determining the factors that affect the nature of the delivery process. The method of constructing process models was used to create a technological model for the delivery of containers by a block train to the port. Results: A technological model of container delivery by block train is presented. Diagrams were built showing the share of the main deviations from the schedule of container trains by types of operations for trafﬁc, traction, corporate transport services. The main factors inﬂuencing the duration of individual operations with container block trains en route and the increase in the delivery time for a batch of containers from rear terminals to the seaport as a whole are identiﬁed. The random nature of the duration of the delivery of containers by block trains following the schedule has been established. Practical importance: The need to improve the methodology for choosing a method for delivering containers from the rear terminal to the port using simulation based on the identiﬁed factors inﬂuencing individual elements of the technological model of container delivery by a block train, deviations from the delivery time of containers, scheduled running of block trains is shown.

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Online and face-to-face role-play simulations in promoting social work students’ argumentative problem solving

Journal of Comparative Social Work ◽

10.31265/jcsw.v8i1.92 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 6-40 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Kati Vapalahti ◽

Miika Marttunen ◽

Leena Laurinen

Keyword(s):

Social Work ◽

Problem Solving ◽

Social Issues ◽

Role Play ◽

Social Work Students ◽

Teaching Experiment ◽

Face To Face ◽

Quasi Experimental ◽

Alcohol And Drug Abuse ◽

Role Play Simulation

This paper reports on a teaching experiment in which social work students (n=38) practiced problem solving through argumentative tasks. A teaching experiment was carried out at a Mikkeli University of Applied Sciences in Finland in connection with a course concerning preventative work against alcohol- and drug abuse. This quasi- experimental study investigated whether role-play simulation conducted either online (15 students) or face-to-face (14 students) improved students’ problem solving on social issues. As a pre-test, the students wrote an essay after having watched a dramatization of problematic cases on elderly people’s use of alcohol. The students also attended lectures (30 x 45 min) on the effect of substance abuse and preventive work, and after the role-play simulation they wrote another essay (post-test). Nine controls wrote an essay without participating in the role-play simulation. Lastly, the students filled out feedback questionnaires.

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Experiment and Simulation Analysis of the Pressure Carrying Capacity of X80 Pipe with Metal Loss Defect on the Girth Weld

Materials Science Forum ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/msf.1035.813 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1035 ◽

pp. 813-818

Author(s):

Zheng Long Li ◽

Lin Chen ◽

Zhi Hong Li ◽

Guo Shuai Yan ◽

Wei Li

Keyword(s):

Sensitivity Analysis ◽

Carrying Capacity ◽

Simulation Analysis ◽

Water Pressure ◽

Metal Loss ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Element Simulation ◽

Simulation Based ◽

Blasting Test ◽

Water Pressure Blasting

In order to study the pressure carrying capacity of X80 pipe with metal loss defect on the girth weld the water-pressure blasting test of the pipe with metal loss defect was analyzed by experiment and finite element simulation. Based on this, the sensitivity analysis of the factors affecting the pressure carrying of the pipeline, such as the circular size, the axial size, and the depth of the metal loss defect, was carried out. The research results show that the circular size of the metal loss defect on the girth weld had little impact to the pressure carrying capacity of the pipe while it reduced with the increasing of the axial size and the depth of the metal loss defect.

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Factors Affecting Implementation of Simulation-Based Education After Faculty Training in a Low-Resource Setting

Simulation in Healthcare The Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare ◽

10.1097/sih.0000000000000549 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol Publish Ahead of Print ◽

Author(s):

Rajasri R. Seethamraju ◽

Kimberly P. Stone ◽

Michael Shepherd

Keyword(s):

Faculty Training ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Low Resource ◽

Resource Setting ◽

Low Resource Setting ◽

Simulation Based

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Simulation Analysis of the Pressure Carrying Capacity of X80 Pipe with Plain Dents

Materials Science Forum ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/msf.944.835 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 944 ◽

pp. 835-840

Author(s):

Peng Song ◽

Zheng Long Li ◽

Yu Ran Fan ◽

Lei Guo ◽

Xi Xi Zhang ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Sensitivity Analysis ◽

Finite Element ◽

Internal Pressure ◽

Carrying Capacity ◽

Formation Process ◽

Simulation Analysis ◽

Hydraulic Test ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Element Simulation ◽

Simulation Based

In order to study the pressure carrying capacity of X80 pipe with plain dents, the formation process and the hydraulic test were analyzed by finite element simulation. Based on this, the sensitivity analysis of the factors affecting the pressure carrying capacity of the pipeline, such as the internal pressure, the confinement state and the material performance, is carried out. Research results show that springback amount of the pipeline decreases due to the initial internal pressure, and constraint state has little effect on the pressure carrying capacity while increases with the increasing of the material tensile properties. When the depth of the dent is less than 6% pipe diameter or the strain of the dent is less than 6%, the dent has little impact to the pressure carrying capacity of the pipe.

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Using virtual worlds for role play simulation in child and adolescent psychiatry: an evaluation study

Psychiatric Bulletin ◽

10.1192/pb.bp.113.044396 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 38 (5) ◽

pp. 204-210 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Aaron K. Vallance ◽

Ashish Hemani ◽

Victoria Fernandez ◽

Daniel Livingstone ◽

Kerri McCusker ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Virtual Worlds ◽

Learning Experience ◽

Role Play ◽

Role Playing ◽

Evaluation Study ◽

Child And Adolescent Psychiatry ◽

Added Value ◽

Nominal Group ◽

Small Group Teaching ◽

Role Play Simulation

Aims and methodTo develop and evaluate a novel teaching session on clinical assessment using role play simulation. Teaching and research sessions occurred sequentially in computer laboratories. Ten medical students were divided into two online small-group teaching sessions. Students role-played as clinician avatars and the teacher played a suicidal adolescent avatar. Questionnaire and focus-group methodology evaluated participants' attitudes to the learning experience. Quantitative data were analysed using SPSS, qualitative data through nominal-group and thematic analyses.ResultsParticipants reported improvements in psychiatric skills/knowledge, expressing less anxiety and more enjoyment than role-playing face to face. Data demonstrated a positive relationship between simulator fidelity and perceived utility. Some participants expressed concern about added value over other learning methods and non-verbal communication.Clinical implicationsThe study shows that virtual worlds can successfully host role play simulation, valued by students as a useful learning method. The potential for distance learning would allow delivery irrespective of geographical distance and boundaries.

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