▁Sim ulation ▁Co ord ination ▁Office ▁ident ifies ▁three ▁main ▁types ▁of ▁simulation : ▁live , ▁virtual , ▁and ▁construct ive . ▁Live ▁( live ▁action ) ▁and ▁virtual ▁simulations ▁are ▁primarily ▁used ▁for ▁training ▁purposes , ▁whereas ▁a ▁construct ive ▁simulation ▁is ▁used ▁to ▁view ▁or ▁predict ▁out comes ▁like ▁w arg aming ▁or ▁stock market ▁behavior . ▁Each ▁of ▁these ▁types ▁is ▁based ▁on ▁some ▁reality ▁and ▁is ▁intended ▁to ▁provide ▁the ▁user ▁with ▁a ▁pseudo - ex per ience ▁without ▁the ▁danger , ▁exp ense , ▁or ▁complexity ▁of ▁real ▁life . ▁ ▁While ▁simulations ▁are ▁used ▁for ▁learning ▁and ▁training ▁purposes , ▁noted ▁authors , ▁such ▁as ▁Clark ▁Ald rich ▁and ▁Andy ▁Gib b ons ▁( Model - Center ed ▁Inst ruction ) ▁suggest ▁that ▁simulations ▁in ▁and ▁of ▁themselves ▁are ▁not ▁instruction al . ▁R ather , ▁a ▁simulation ▁only ▁becomes ▁instruction al ▁when ▁instruction al ▁elements ▁are ▁included ▁that ▁help ▁expose ▁the ▁lear ner ▁to ▁key ▁parts ▁or ▁concepts ▁of ▁the ▁system ▁or ▁environment . ▁For ▁example , ▁an ▁F - 1 6 ▁sim ulator ▁is ▁not ▁inher ently ▁instruction al ▁because ▁it ▁is ▁primarily ▁intended ▁to ▁rep licate ▁the ▁F - 1 6 ▁co ck pit ▁behavior ▁and ▁the ▁environments ▁the ▁aircraft ▁oper ates ▁within . ▁The ▁sim ulator ▁may ▁be ▁used ▁for ▁training ▁purposes , ▁but ▁it ▁requires ▁an ▁instruct or ▁or ▁some ▁other ▁external ▁element ▁to ▁identify ▁key ▁learning ▁aspects ▁of ▁the ▁system ▁to ▁the ▁lear ner . ▁ ▁In ▁education , ▁simulations ▁have