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Peer reviewedBraun, Joseph A. – Social Education, 1987
Reviews "Decisions Decisions", a computer-based simulation for grades 5 through 12 which involves the whole class in making policy decisions on historical and current events with the use of only one computer. Topics of the seven separate simulations are: immigration, colonization, revolutionary wars, urbanization, foreign policy, the…
Descriptors: Computer Software Reviews, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, History
Peer reviewedForsyth, Alfred S., Jr. – Social Education, 1988
Examines research on the principal ways people learn the location of places. Considers the traditional methods of teaching place location geography. Proposes alternative teaching methods which reflect the research findings. States that these alternative methods utilize mental and physical involvement in the process, purposeful exploration,…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Computer Software Reviews, Curiosity, Educational Strategies


