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

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  • Samuel M. Curtis

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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.

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  • Samuel M. Curtis, 1968. "The Use of a Business Game for Teaching Farm Business Analysis to High School and Adult Students," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 50(4), pages 1025-1033.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:ajagec:v:50:y:1968:i:4:p:1025-1033.
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    1. Nelson, Robert G. & Beil, Richard O., Jr., 1995. "A Classroom Experiment On Oligopolies," Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 27(1), pages 1-13, July.
    2. Norbert L.W. Wilson & Robert G. Nelson, 2009. "A Laboratory Science Approach to Teaching in the Agricultural Economics Curriculum," Review of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 31(2), pages 331-343.
    3. Schneeberger, Kenneth C., 1969. "Gaming As A Farm Management Teaching Device: A Development And Analysis," Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 1, pages 1-6, December.

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