Discusses how Wesker conveys his central intuition about the limitations of language by employing verbal and visual games and rituals in his plays. Games take the form of playfulness to indicate emotional solidarity of everyday rituals with archetypal or religious undertones, or of games about the acquisition of language itself. (JMF)

Describes the historical and international development of simulation and gaming in terms of simulation as analytical models, and games as communicative models; and forecasts possible futures of simulation and gaming. (CMV)

Described is an annual science bowl held in Havenscourt Junior High, Oakland, California, for ninth grade science students. Patterned after TV's "College Bowl," the science bowl involves panels of students competing to answer objective questions and practical challenges. Indirect benefits to students include increased community support and review…

Presents a theoretical framework and practical suggestions for incorporating games and simulation into allied health instruction. Discusses research findings that support the use of educational simulation/games as tools for higher cognitive learning and for the improvement of teaching effectiveness as measured by student achievement in the allied…

This description of two simple simulations as taught to undergraduate teacher trainers in a history of education course includes materials, procedures, follow-up exercises, and a brief defense of the use of simulations in higher education. (Author/CMV)

Describes a study designed to determine whether students with different personality types react differently to different educational games and simulations. The thinking-feeling dimension of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator was used to type a group of graduate students who participated in seven simulation games and simulations. (Author/LLS)

Health games and simulations which are inexpensive and require minimal preparation time are presented. Learning activities focus on drug knowledge, reproductive system knowledge, nutrition information, and alcohol abuse. (JN)

Describes a museum experience for fourth, fifth, and sixth graders designed in the form of a treasure hunt/questionnaire. This tour format, which does not require the presence of an art specialist, was used at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. (SJL)

Presents a simulation game on labor negotiations for secondary students. (SJL)

Reports on a teacher education class's attempts at producing reading games for children, which showed that while teacher-made games may be useful, in the long run commercially produced games may be better. (FL)

A study to determine whether a relationship exists between a seventh grader's performance on a simulation game and on an academic ability test suggests that measures of game performance ability may differ from measures of academic ability in three ways. (LLS)

Three games for diversion in the English as a foreign language classroom are described: (1) a spiral crossword, where students work clockwise on a grid, aided by clues; (2) the word ladder, where students progressively change one word into another; and (3) making shorter words out of a long word, with the aid of clues. (PJM)

The potential role of games and simulation in science teaching is explained, and some exercises are described. The possible future role of the microcomputer and its use with simulation in distance learning are explored. (MSE)

Visual aids which have been used in teaching a particular language can be reused in different contexts, though it should be in such a way that students are so involved in the activity they do not notice they've seen the aids before. Language-teaching games engender such involvement. (Author/PJM)

To avoid meeting the future unprepared, the article offers four training activities that can be used by small groups, in-house, to begin examining and preparing for whatever the future holds. Activities include (1) future headlines, (2) mini-delphi, (3) alternative futures analysis and review, and (4) strategies for concretizing identified future…