HOW STUDENTS LEARN THROUGH LEAN SIMULATION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Lean thinking is a systematic approach to eliminating waste through continuous improvement for the flow of product at the customer demand. Lean simulation allows students to achieve lean thinking faster and more efficiently through applied learning technology. Lean means having an individual mindset and specific set of principles for the creation a system free of waste and defects. The goal of this research project is to examine the effects of how well High school students comprehend lean philosophy, and what is required to improve this thought process. Countless students believe lean is just another term for cutting corners, however, it is much more. Some of the world’s best organizations incorporate these principles. Data was gathered through laboratory and classroom observations of approximately one hundred high school students from 5 different high schools. This study is a preliminary step by evaluating high school teacher thoughts about this simulation. As a result, it is hypothesized that high school students 16-19 years of age, are able to retain lean thinking principles through simulation.