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Lavy, S and Nixon, J L (2017) Applications, enrolment, attendance, and student performance in rebuilt school facilities: A case study. International Journal of Construction Education and Research, 13(02), 125-41.
Pishdad-Bozorgi, P (2017) Case studies on the role of integrated project delivery approach on the establishment and promotion of trust. International Journal of Construction Education and Research, 13(02), 102-23.
Poon, J (2017) Relationships between demographic factors and employment prospects of architecture, construction and urban planning graduates. International Journal of Construction Education and Research, 13(02), 83-19.
Zhu, Y and Issa, R (2017) Computer simulation for construction education using the structure-behavior-function theory: A pilot study on learning estimating concepts. International Journal of Construction Education and Research, 13(02), 142-60.
- Type: Journal Article
- Keywords: computer simulation; construction education; structure-behavior-function; estimating; students; education
- ISBN/ISSN: 1557-8771
- URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/15578771.2016.1249315
- Abstract:
A computer simulation based on the structure-behavior-function (SBF) theory is developed and tested to study its impact on teaching construction estimating. While students eventually excel at estimating, grasping basic estimating concepts often presents a challenge to many students when they start learning estimating. It requires students to have a solid understanding about the relationship between actual construction and a typical estimating process to derive a good estimate. A computer simulation of a simple construction estimating process presents an opportunity for students to meet the challenge. One hundred and nine junior year students in a construction management department at a major state university in the southeastern United States participated in the study. The experimental group had sixty students using the simulation; while the control group had forty-nine students without using the simulation. The results showed that the simulation significantly improved students in learning both estimating concepts and processes (p = .05) and a significant portion (90%) of students felt that the simulation was helpful in learning estimating, but inconsistencies exist. The authors also identified and discussed limitations related to the findings.;A computer simulation based on the structure-behavior-function (SBF) theory is developed and tested to study its impact on teaching construction estimating. While students eventually excel at estimating, grasping basic estimating concepts often presents a challenge to many students when they start learning estimating. It requires students to have a solid understanding about the relationship between actual construction and a typical estimating process to derive a good estimate. A computer simulation of a simple construction estimating process presents an opportunity for students to meet the challenge. One hundred and nine junior year students in a construction management department at a major state university in the southeastern United States participated in the study. The experimental group had sixty students using the simulation; while the control group had forty-nine students without using the simulation. The results showed that the simulation significantly improved students in learning both estimating concepts and processes (p = .05) and a significant portion (90%) of students felt that the simulation was helpful in learning estimating, but inconsistencies exist. The authors also identified and discussed limitations related to the findings.;