This booklet contains games ideas, methods, and materials used, adapted, developed, and found successful by teachers of handicapped children. (JD)

Decomposed matrix games were used to study interethnic competition in the triethnic school system of a southwestern city. The sample consisted of sixth-grade males from segregated schools. Results on the game matrices indicated that the anglos competed more and were less trusting than the blacks or chicanos. (Author)

Stoeckel gives a brief history of the conquest of the Northwest territory by Clark and some references for further research. Following the brief history, Kemler presents a simulation designed by a teacher to stimulate interest in Clark's expedition during the Revolutionary War. (JR)

Techniques discussed include cultural asides, culture capsules, and cultural slots. Other devices, discussed in detail, are instructional games, inquiry techniques, andacting techniques. Content sources for French, German, Hispanic and Russian cultures are also provided. (Author/RM)

Work supported by a grant from the Children's Bureau, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.

Educational psychologists and researchers attest to the importance of play in learning, but studies indicate that children are playing less, and often less effectively, justifying the need for play within the school curriculum. The area of language arts is a natural place for imaginative play. One elementary school project incorporated playing,…

Designed for third and fourth grade students in Boulder County (Colorado) schools, this manual provides objectives and activities and lists resources for legal education. Four concepts form the focus for Grade 3: understanding how rules are made and why they are necessary, authority and its use and abuse, matching responsibilities with rights, and…

This monograph is one of a series developed for curriculum in higher education which prepares personnel for employment in local, state, and regional levels of Employment and Training Administration programs of the U.S. Department of Labor. This publication describes a simulation game called "Pipeline" rather than a regular university course. The…

The development and evaluation of materials for a series of three workshops designed to increase the interpersonal communication skills of the librarian during the reference interview are described. The completed package for this project, "Librarians Communicate," consisted of a three-part 51-minute videocassette tape and a 50-page…

The Data Book contains descriptive analyses of new social studies materials for kindergarten through grade 12, teacher resource materials, ERIC abstracts of curriculum guides, and a listing of all social studies materials published in 1978. It is intended to help teachers, administrators, curriculum coordinators, and college methods professors in…

This classroom guide for metric education included a brief rationale and history of metrics, a preliminary metric quiz, a symbol summary, and a list of recommended instructional materials. The guide is comprised primarily of four sections covering the topics of: weight, length, volume, and temperature. Each of these sections contains goals and…

This elementary curriculum is a vehicle to provide manipulative activities that reinforce academic skills through meaningful, relevant, activity-based awareness of modern society. The twenty-six activity plans included in the curriculum place a major emphasis upon realistic or concrete experiences that deal with the manipulation and exploration of…

This report attempts to interrelate essential concepts in visual communication and gaming-simulation with problem solving and education in the fields of regional environmental planning, design, and community development. Use of these methodologies in educating the general public in regional planning topics is also covered. The use of visual or…

A CURRICULUM GUIDE PRODUCED AT AN INSERVICE TRAINING COURSE ON "PROBLEMS IN TEACHING READING" BY TEACHERS FROM CARROLL COUNTY SCHOOLS, GEORGIA, IN THE SPRING OF 1966 IS PRESENTED. IT OFFERS GENERAL MOTIVATIONAL READING ACTIVITIES WHICH PROMOTE GROWTH IN CERTAIN PROBLEM AREAS IN READING. RECOGNIZING THAT THERE CAN BE NO EFFECTIVE LEARNING…