Describes a study conducted by the Children's Television Workshop that tested two forms of Sesame Street character movement (i.e., discrete movement versus continuous motion) with three-year-old preschool children using a Nintendo controller. Cognitive factors governing children's game performance and implications for designing interactive…

Offers examples of games and problem-solving strategies to help students solve word problems in mathematics. Emphasizes the importance of first considering the question the word problem poses and using game techniques to teach students how to transfer those same strategies to solve different math problems. (TJQ)

Studied use of games to teach simple classification and seriation constructs to 3-1/2-year-old children. Found substantial and maintained improvement on classification and seriation. Found that children generalized their new understanding of classification and seriation to different problems, and found that evidence for a more general cognitive…

Critically analyzes an article by Jan Klabbers, focusing on methodological, epistemological, and ontological viewpoints. Examines the reasoning process whereby the actor approach model of learning environments is derived from the machine approach model; looks at claims of differentiation between rationalism and historicism, and the distinction…

Describes a study that recorded the type and severity of body movements of 79 boys with ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) and 67 non-ADHD boys while playing a computer video game. Results of multivariate analysis of variance showed no statistically significant differences in body movements between ADHD and non-ADHD boys. (Author/LRW)

Observes the application of probability theory to a game between two players. Shows how basic techniques such as tree diagrams can be used to demonstrate optimum strategies, how the art of bluffing can be quantified, and how this might be applied to a game of poker. (Author/ASK)

Developed a simple computer program for the in-class simulation of the repeated prisoner's dilemma game with student-designed strategies. Describes the basic features of the software. Presents two examples using the program to teach the problems of cooperation among profit-maximizing agents. (JEH)

A description of the development of ideas in which the game of chess is discussed in terms of a mathematical relation between the chess pieces and the squares on the chessboard. (Author/HB)

This article provides a brief history of games and their manufacturers. (PD)

The rules, etiquette, game techniques, and strategy of racquetball are presented in this guidebook with narrative, photographs, and diagrams. (JD)

A patchwork carpet used in a reading corner, made by a teacher and introduced with a story, is presented. (DB)

A model for the utility of gambling that is based on Von Neumann-Morgenstern utility theory is proposed and analyzed. Aspects of the utility of gambling are noted, and comparisons are made to standard concepts of risk attitudes. (Author/JKS)

Describes current trends in the field of simulation gaming: families of games, priming games, frame games, whole course games, games in the community, paper computer games, and games to prepare children for emergencies. (Author)