Two classroom games are discussed, one focusing on the relationships between decimals, percents, and fractions and the other on spatial perception, identification and discrimination of geometric figures. Materials needed, construction suggestions, and rules for playing the games are given. (LS)

This paper describes a study that attempts to measure the influence of a commercially available game, Marketplace, on student achievement is economic understanding and student attitudes toward the instructional process and selected economic concepts. (Author)

A discussion of SAFE (Simulating Alternative Futures in Education), a computerized classroom game which synthesizes the growing body of futurist techniques and literature into a meaningful learning experience for students of social change. (Author)

Articles describes SAFE, a newly developed and tested computerized simulation game for preparing educators, or any students of social change, for the use of simulation and the systems approach to studying complex interrelationships and social dynamics. (Author)

Magic squares are used both as a vehicle for arithmetic drill and the development of mathematical concepts for second-grade students. By searching for patterns within the squares, additional number concepts are developed along with the concept of symmetry. (JP)

The complexities of courtroom procedure and rule of evidence often dissuade the classroom teacher from using the mock trial strategy. This model has been designed for role playing and for focusing on the judicial decision-making process: deliberation on the issues of a case. (Author/JB)

Describes how to construct a bulletin board with a light that flashes when the correct answer is matched with a question. (JR)

Describes a teaching technique (Teams-Game-Tournament) that stimulates students' desire to learn through friendly competition. Used in junior high school biology classes, this technique was found to increase academic achievement, increase peer tutoring, and increase black-white and male-female classroom interaction. (JR)

A simulation game using methods of conflict resolution is designed to enable students to study the role and function of administrative agencies. This game provides a natural opening for discussion of law modification through legislative action, and judicial control through litigation. (SM)

Discusses a 3-phase consumer education project designed for low-income clients with particular emphasis on utilities. (SB)

Movement education, which concentrates on the function, effectiveness, efficiency, and expression of the human body, is becoming an important force in changing physical education so it serves broader purposes. (Author/RK)

This column includes the description of a game involving addition and subtraction of integers represented by colored bricks, a general formula for an enlargement in the Cartesian plane, an analysis of the possibilities for certain games of board Solitaire, and a BASIC program for a recreational mathematics problem. (DT)