{"id":1033,"date":"2019-04-04T15:46:18","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T15:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nau.edu\/undergraduate-research\/?page_id=1033"},"modified":"2024-08-26T15:32:15","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T22:32:15","slug":"giulia-paulet","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/office-undergraduate-research\/student-research-stories\/giulia-paulet\/","title":{"rendered":"Giulia Paulet: Student finds unexpected depth of learning possible through simulation games"},"content":{"rendered":"

Student finds unexpected depth of learning possible through simulation games<\/strong><\/h1>\n

\"GiuliaGiulia Paulet<\/strong> has strong feelings about academic simulation games. Strong negative feelings.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs soon as I find out there\u2019s a simulation, I want to drop the class,\u201d she admitted.<\/p>\n

So it was ironic that when Giulia decided she\u2019d like to do research, the management major found herself as part of a research project to assess the effectiveness of a business management simulation.<\/p>\n

She is working with Dr. Geoffrey Dick<\/strong> in The W. A. Franke College of Business, as part of the Interns to Scholars program. The research project surveys students when they complete a management simulation to assess what part of the program worked, and what could be improved. Giulia distributes and collects the surveys, and compiles the data for Dr. Dick, who can then refine the simulation based on feedback from the students.<\/p>\n

Two years into the project, she\u2019s now also taking the course in which Dr. Dick uses the simulation. For her, it\u2019s been a revelation into the potential power of a simulation.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s amazing,\u201d she said. \u201cI genuinely played it and I was like, \u2018Yes! This is what needs to be in the classroom\u2019\u2014now it all has a meaning; it’s not just words on a paper.\u201d<\/p>\n

The experience has given her a unique view into how similar simulations can provoke drastically different responses. She credits Dr. Dick\u2019s years of surveying and tweaking his simulation program with its success as a learning tool.<\/p>\n

With a well-run simulation, she said, the learning happens at a much deeper level. Dr. Dick\u2019s simulation involves putting students into groups with each group managing a virtual bottled water company.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne person’s looking at financial statements, one’s looking at marketing, one’s looking at profit loss, one’s changing prices and looking at inventory\u2014all of these things are being done at once. You\u2019re making quick decisions and putting in place everything you’ve learned from previous classes; everything’s moving very fast. It felt awesome. Awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n

Based on the decisions of the group, the company either performs well, or it doesn\u2019t. But since it\u2019s all virtual, there\u2019s no downside, just a great opportunity to take risks, fail, learn, and apply knowledge. Thanks to her research and her experience with the course, Giulia believes there\u2019s hope for other simulations.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think if everyone who has a simulation in their class would look at this research, and see what they can modify in theirs, we could make it better.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

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Student spotlight<\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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Giulia Paulet, Senior<\/p>\n

Major<\/strong>: Business Management; researcher in Interns2Scholars program<\/p>\n

Mentor<\/strong>: Geoffrey Dick<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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