Six software products are reviewed including multimedia packages for history/geography and science. Other products include a coloring program, riddle-maker, word puzzle generator, a lesson on counting money, and a math game equipped with animation and sound effects. (IAH)

Discussion of the relationship between participants and the person who runs a game, simulation, or workshop focuses on similarities with the relationship between members of an organization and its manager. Motivation theories and the literature on management and organizational development are reviewed, and their implications for better management…

Several approaches to teaching games as part of the physical education curriculum are discussed. Details are provided of a tactical/strategy based approach in which students become familiar with the nature of the game as well as learn specific skills (IAH)

Traces the roots of social trap situations and describes a parasitism-symbiosis model, showing that when each organism attempts to maximize its survival potential without regard for the other's, neither does as well as when they behave collectively. Discusses a model social trap situation, "Prisoner's Dilemma" ("PD") and a…

Tests the hypothesis that an individual's degree of trust influences the extent to which that individual reacts to the presence of fear in a pay-off matrix. Results indicate that when fear is present, high trusters cooperated more frequently than low trusters. When fear is absent, both groups cooperate at the same rate. (JPS)

Discusses ways of designing a review for a test, or a test itself, as a treasure hunt. Offers suggestions for how to set up the game. Presents 10 sample clues for a grammar test and 10 sample clues for a literature test. (RS)

Equipped with string and paper models, students are able to illustrate the processes of meiosis. (ZWH)

This article describes games appropriate for teaching spelling skills to underachieving gifted students. One game involves players dribbling a ball to letters attached to sticks driven into the ground, in a particular order that spells a word. (DB)

Explains minivolleyball to physical education teachers. Minivolleyball adapts the game and environment of volleyball to the physical capabilities of young players; it offers physical education students the chance to have fun while using the proper game skills, concepts, and strategies. (SM)

Presents suggestions for creative game changing that will even the odds for family members of unequal ability who want to play various games and sports together. The special privileges and tips include handicapping, retaking moves, and creating noncompetitive rules. (SM)

Describes the "Bag Game," an activity which keeps kindergartners or first graders absorbed and entertained while heightening their awareness of initial consonant phonemes in spoken words. (SR)

Describes an author's card game that celebrates authors and children's literature, in which students choose the authors and construct cards containing titles and simple illustrations. (SR)

Learning names is vital to the enjoyment and productivity of a group. Presents four games to help campers learn each others' names. Sidebar presents three additional teambuilding activities and ice breakers. (TD)