Provides complete listing of an Applesoft arcade-style game which teaches rapid recognition, discrimination, and sequencing of the alphabet. Four levels of play are featured for sequential reinforcement of these skills. The game also trains left-to-right scanning, promotes development of visual-motor integration skills, and develops directionality…

Describes four game programs--Silly Sentence, Spell-It, Scrambled Word, and Guess the Word--designed to introduce elementary school students with no prior programing experience to key concepts of programing with BASIC. Several immediate learning outcomes that became evident while observing students at work with the programs are also discussed.…

Reviews types and evaluates effectiveness of microcomputer-based training for managers: electronic workbooks, simulations/games, expert systems, and management support systems. (SK)

The Army hired the Center for Instructional Development and Evaluation at the University of Maryland to design a system of individualized self-paced literacy lessons for military trainees. The Space Time Army Reconnaissance System is structured according to Gagne's model of instructional events and capitalizes on its audience's interest in video…

Describes the role of movement and dance in the lives of Blacks living on the Sea Islands off the coasts of South Carolina and Georgia. Claims that the isolation of this area helps preserve its Africanicity and culture. Focuses particularly on the uses of rhythmic chanting in worship and in children's games. (KH)

Parents can help young children learn to read or become better readers. Activities designed to be done at home each evening are suggested to teach and reinforce beginning reading skills. (MT)

Reviews two spelling packages ("Spelldiver" and "Attack of the Spelling Bees") and a reading program ("The Word Bird"), which teaches spatial relationships while encouraging the young reader to read carefully. Includes suggested age(s), hardware needed, current price, manufacturer, distributor, and in-depth evaluation…

Presents an anthropology simulation game in which students learn that a social issue is viewed differently by different segments of any population and issues are more complex than simply "right" or "wrong." The game focuses on the case of development, with students playing the roles of indigenous peoples, big business, entrepreneurs, and…

Games offer experiences which should be incorporated into the total physical education program to give students a wide range of opportunities. Suitable themes for teaching games to different elementary ages are suggested. (MT)

Describes four experiments conducted using a children's storybook and related games designed to help overcome fear of the dark. These materials incorporate behavior modification principles of fear reduction, including modeling, counterconditioning, shaping and hierarchical approach. Overall, the materials were found to be therapeutic,…

How probabilities change when playing the game of craps with dice having 8, 12, or 20 faces is discussed. Five challenge questions are also included. (MNS)

Language classroom games emphasizing verbal interaction are suggested and described, including a genealogical tree puzzle, enigmas, guessing games, and observation problems. (MSE)

Discusses (1) the nature of business games (interactive management simulation exercises in which participants choose values that will guide decision making); (2) selecting and using these games in engineering courses; and (3) developing and administering such games. A sample test for a business policy game is included. (JN)

Describes the amount and difficulty of the print on video game screens and discusses the educational implications of children's exposure to the games, and notes problems with their habitual use. (FL)

Physical prompts and physical and social reinforcement within a game format helped to reduce head droop in a three-year-old congenitally visually impaired child. Generalization to untrained settings and a high level of maintenance were also revealed. (CL)