This paper reports on the first stage of a project to develop and test the use of massively multiplayer online role playing games (MMORPGs) for promoting computer supported collaborative learning through instructional gaming in the high school classroom. Teachers and students of English and Science at Swan View Senior High School, Western…

The late 1980s saw the emergence of a new genre of instructional media, "edutainment", which utilized the capabilities of multimedia personal computers to animate software designed to both educate and entertain young children. This paper describes the production of, marketing of and play with edutainment software as a contemporary example of…

This paper presents an approach to understanding visual metaphor which uses metaphoric analysis and comprehension by graphic and pictorial means. The perceptible qualities of shape, line, form, color, and texture, that make up the visual structure characteristic of any particular shape, configuration, or scene, are called physiognomic properties;…

Each of the 39 children's craft projects included in this document was selected because: (1) it is appropriate for a library program and helps to further the goals of children's services; (2) it may be successfully completed by children 3 to 12 years old with a minimum of adult help; (3) it requires only inexpensive and commonly available…

Simulated games have been designed to teach not only factual material but to provide opportunities for understanding some of the complex systems of our society. The use of this valuable tool is encouraged in the teaching of nutrition. (Author)

Five puzzles in which mathematical terms must be found in arrays of letters are presented. (SD)

The author lists the objectives of simulations and briefly mentions the types of games available and how they may be used in the classroom. (AG)

Identified and formalized were two distinct learning strategies employed by 120 children between 7 and 15 years of age who played a simple, computerized board game. "Hexapawn" is played by moving pawns in turn on a 3 x 3 grid, in order to be the first to reach the opponent's starting line or block the opponent. The computer always moved…

This board game dramatizes the benefits and liabilities accrued to Western governments in the process of colonizing Africa. Materials needed and rules for playing are included. (JH)

This article describes an elementary physical education program which applies the discovery learning technique in the teaching of movement concepts and enables each child to develop movement patterns and skills at his own pace. (PD)