Business administration college seniors participated in an interactive, incident-style exercise which determined the emphasis they placed on key considerations in policy formation. Results indicate that emphasis by game-trained students was significantly greater than a control group but similar to that of students trained by case analysis.…

Presents a nuclear power plant simulation game which is designed to involve a class of 30 junior or senior high school students. Scientific, ecological, and social issues covered in the game are also presented. (HM)

Discusses the use of puzzles as supplementary activity in the language classroom. (AM)

Suggests some techniques for capturing students' attention at the beginning of a language class in the elementary grades. (AM)

Comparisons were made of attitudes and behavior between single- and multiperson teams in business simulation games. Multiperson games gave rise to higher initial goals for business success, but lower individual feelings of responsibility for outcome. (CMV)

Describes a game that illustrates the principles of population genetics and helps explain the occurrence of evolution through changes in gene frequencies. Demonstrates the importance of genetic variability in evolution: winning is achieved by a player's species becoming "completely heterozygous" for six characteristics. Players move directed by…

Describes a game format and procedures for developing teacher-prepared games in environmental education. Uses a game board, place markers, dice, and question and problem cards. Discusses development of learner objectives and preparation of evaluation procedures as well as follow-up tasks in revision. (CS)

Discusses the use of drill in learning basic math facts and provides suggestions for developing good practice in reading for communication at fifth grade and beyond. (Author/RK)

Diverse activities using large blocks are described. By building and comparing configurations children can be led from concepts like long and high to concept of ratio. Games and activities to help build other concepts are also described. (SD)

Provides some possible ideas for music learning centers focusing on listening activities, music-making, and "potpurri". (Author/RK)

Describes an instructional strategy for turning merchandising into an exciting and meaningful experience for both students and teachers. (HD)

Describes a card game that demonstrates that most metric units used in beginning physics are composed of six fundamental units. (MLH)

Examined young children's language productivity with newly learned forms by teaching them four new words: two nouns and two verbs. Findings indicate children combined the novel nouns productively with already known words much more often than they did the novel verbs--by many orders of magnitude and several children pluralized the new nouns,…

Presents a hands-on activity, adaptable to various grade levels, to reinforce the mathematical concept of rounding by utilizing grocery store advertisements to demonstrate the concept in a real life setting. Describes the activity on a step-by-step basis and includes suggestions for additional grocery store games. (SD)

Explains the game of "Words of Fortune" in which students act out vocabulary words. Notes that this activity provides students the opportunity to make strong visual, aural, and kinesthetic connections with vocabulary lists. Concludes that "Words of Fortune" helps students write better sentences for vocabulary assessment. (PM)