The manual describes games and activities requiring minimal equipment and space for severely handicapped children. General guidelines touch upon such aspects as the importance of avoiding frustration or boredom, varying the activity to maintain interest, providing short rest periods when necessary, and ensuring the fullest possible participation…

The game of chess is recommended as a school activity. In addition to requiring that individuals become actively involved in a mentally demanding competition, its effects are stimulating, wholesome, and healthy. Several benefits accrue from the teaching and promoting of chess in schools. Chess limits the element of luck (teaching the importance of…

Advice, activities, and techniques for getting the first days and weeks of school off to a smooth start are offered in this compilation of six articles taken from issues of "Instructor" (Aug.-Sep. 1976, Aug. 1980, Aug. 1982, Aug. 1983), "Learning" (Sept. 1982), and "Teacher" (Sept. 1979), magazines. Suggestions for…

This Spanish language teacher's edition of a practical mathematics text for the intermediate grades contains three components which can be structured in different combinations according to different student needs. Built around a review of selected objectives in the mathematics basic curriculum, the material is intended to stimulate interest in…

Describes a card game that teachers metabolism to high school biology students. (LS)

Describes a card game intended to give practice in detecting and controlling non-verbal behaviors. (NHM)

Teachers were assigned to experimental groups to learn a mathematical structure in a game playing situation. Those using patterns to learn the structure were generally successful while those relying on memory were not. (SD)

This report presents a look at the present state of simulation/gaming in higher education, two briefs on successful uses of simulation games, and some "street corner" suggestions on how to introduce them into an institution. (Author)

Mathematical concepts can be learned from games played with a standard deck of cards. New decks based on equivalent suits of fractions or decimals can also be created and adapted to any card games the students may wish to play. A deci-deck is an example. (Author/KM)

The author suggests several problems which can be investigated by beginning statistics students. All the problems discussed arise from the game Bingo. (SD)

Noting that Lekotek means "play library" in Swedish, this brief report describes the Lekotek Center, a resource and support center for the parents of disabled children under the age of five, which is affiliated with the Galesburg (Illinois) Public Library. Background on the Lekotek organization, whose goal is to integrate children with…

This teaching manual features instructional units prepared specifically for kindergarten through the third grade. These units focus on dance, games, and gymnastics and serve as realisitc materials to assist teachers in the time-consuming task of developing effective physical education programs. Every unit contains specific objectives that pinpoint…