This booklet lists numerous ideas to use for rainy-day camp activities, and many that are appropriate for other situations. Chapter 1, "Rain Can Be Beautiful" encourages planning for and a positive attitude about rain. It suggests ways to take advantage of rainy days to relax, read about camping skills, repair equipment, or test campcraft skills.…

A course on game preparation attended by students from different disciplines involved an exposure to various types of games, leading up to individual and group development of games. Two of the games developed, Senate and Disarmament, described in the article, exemplify the benefit in hard deductive reasoning required by game preparation. (JH)

The Family Communication Game, described in this article, provides a simple, flexible structure for an active experience in family communication behavior. (Author)

One portion reprinted from "Simulation Games for the Social Studies Classroom (Foreign Policy Association, 1968), pp. 49-52.

These 16 papers presented at the 1979 conference of the International Simulation and Gaming Association focus on new simulation and gaming models and research findings, with an additional emphasis on the use of simulation and gaming techniques for analytical as well as communicative purposes. Specific topics covered include (1) the state of…

This document reviews literature that is relevant to the evaluation and selection of educational toys. Information is summarized under the following topics: (1) the value of toys and manufacturers' claims; (2) basics of the toy industry; (3) toy hazards and accidents; (4) guidelines for toy selection; (5) toy safety legislation and protection; and…

Tools for Change, a new course in problem-solving, consists of a series of units, each dealing with a subject area based on a set of heuristic processes or strategies. It assumes that: 1) there is an identifiable and useful set of heuristic processes in problem-solving; ) a language of process will improve communication between problem-solvers; 3)…

Discusses some theorems and properties of figures produced when circles are tangent to one another. (GA)

The general management simulation game, Tempomatic IV is used in a comparison of ranking and relational performance evaluation procedures. Results indicate that the relational approach has clear advantages over ranking approaches, especially in generating more useful information. Also, reliance on mechanically generated scores can lead to…

Discusses games and simulations which can be used to stimulate student motivation, ensure active participation, and reinforce specific skills and concepts. (JM)

Presents examples of home learning games designed to facilitate parent-child interaction. Teachers provide parents with directions, sample patterns for making the games, and lists of materials. The skills covered by these games emphasize pre-reading and pre-math knowledge. (DR)

Rules are given for two different arithmetic games. A list of suggestions for constructing games and maximizing their effectiveness are included. (DT)

This paper discusses how the Reading University Game came into existence and why evaluating it was so difficult. Both the broad and the narrow approaches to evaluation were used. Order the journal from Economics Association, Room 340, Hamilton House, London WC1H 9BH, England. (Author/ND)