The document is designed to help teachers identify and remediate gross motor development deficits in elementary school students. A definition of gross motor development and a checklist of gross motor skills are provided. Sections cover the following topics: successful teaching techniques; activities for perceptual-motor training; activities for…

The acquisition of a correct pronunciation should be attempted at the earliest possible age. At the primary level, songs, rhymes and games are useful for teaching pronunciation. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Language arts games are described that combine mathematical experiences and language development.

Instruction can be fitted to the needs of individual students without great cost.

Teams-Games-Tournaments (TGT) is a classroom program which addresses the problems of student values, student diversity, and basic skills. This article describes: how TGT works, its origins, research to date, implications for teachers and researchers, how TGT is used in the classroom, and new directions for TGT. (Author/SJL)

Describes the use of simulation to improve the effectiveness of health education. The types of simulation described include written simulations, simulated patients, audiovisual simulations, computer simulations, and mannequins. (CMV)

There's more than winning at stake. Consider children's attitudes and help them make their own decisions about games. (Editor)

In this final article of a three-part series, the authors discuss the process of conducting a business game. Focus is on how to run a business game, what facilities are needed, how to divide the available time, make-up of the teams, and potential problems. (EM)

Lists numerous activities, materials, and techniques for the teaching of English as a second language (ESL). All have been used successfully by ESL teachers. (Author/HP)

PARADIGM is a large-scale stochastic computer simulation of the flow of competing ideas through evolving groups. It is used to examine how different message characteristics influence the speed with which one idea overtakes another in popularity. PARADIGM is discussed in the context of changing ideas in an academic department. (CMV)

Support of the need for more emphasis on mental arithmetic in the classroom is given. Classroom methods and activities for developing skill in mental arithmetic are included. (MN)

Suggests various language-game techniques for use at the upper level in the study of poetry. The aim is to stimulate creative language work as against purely receptive learning. Title reconstruction, translation techniques, and fill-in exercises on a sonnet are described. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Describes a graduate electrical engineering mini-course, computer graphics gaming and simulation, classroom management and student progress records, student reaction to instruction, and computer graphics in undergraduate education. (SL)

Stresses the importance of vocabulary development in the social studies and identifies strategies a teacher can use to improve students' reading skills. Strategies and classroom activities include classification and association exercises, wide reading, dictionary and resource book use, and educational games. (Author/DB)

This review of simulation game research and evaluation efforts identifies ten game design variables which are likely to facilitate or impede the development of decision-making skills. (Author)