Improving Transfer of Learning: Relationship to Methods of Using Business Simulation

Brad W. Mayer, Kathleen M. Dale, Katherine A. Fraccastoro and Gisele Moss
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Brad W. Mayer: Lamar University, Beaumont, TX, USA, Bradley.mayer@lamar.edu
Kathleen M. Dale: Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN, USA, kathleen.dale@mnsu.edu
Katherine A. Fraccastoro: Lamar University, Beaumont, TX, USA, Kathy.Fraccastoro@lamar.edu
Gisele Moss: Lamar University, Beaumont, TX, USA, Gisele.moss@lamar.edu

Simulation & Gaming, 2011, vol. 42, issue 1, 64-84

Abstract: This study investigates whether the processes associated with the use of business simulations can be structured to improve transfer of learning from the classroom environment to the workplace.The answer to this question is explored by investigating teaching methods used to introduce the simulation, the amount of time students spend on decisions, team decision-making characteristics, and student performance levels in the course. The results indicate that students have higher perceived transfer of learning when they learn the simulation by reading the student manual and from peers rather than from the instructor or from hands-on experience. Also, the results indicate that perceptions of time spent on strategic decisions, financial decisions, and student expectations of their final grade were related to perceived transfer of learning.

Keywords: business simulation; learning; transfer of learning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1177/1046878110376795

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