The Use of a Business Game for Teaching Farm Business Analysis to High School and Adult Students

Samuel M. Curtis

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1968, vol. 50, issue 4, 1025-1033

Abstract: In a controlled teaching experiment that involved 25 high school and 8 adult farmer classes, two ways of using a business game for teaching farm business analysis were compared with more traditional instructional methods. A small Pennsylvania dairy farm was simulated. Each of the classes using simulation made five yearly management decisions at weekly intervals. The criterion measures were a subject-matter and a decision-ability test. Test results immediately after the course revealed no significant differences among the methods of instruction with high school classes. The adult students who used the simulation in conjunction with a related student resource handbook scored significantly higher on the decision-ability test. The experiment demontrated that business games can be used to teach farm business analysis at the high school and adult farmer levels.

Date: 1968
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