Examined whether the stage descriptions of social perspective taking apply to 2 X 2 games. Subjects were 72 children ranging in age from 4 to 10 years of age. (JMB)

The optimal strategy at decision points in the singles game of squash played by North American rules is specific to the scoring system and the tie point at which the decision must be made; it should be based on scoring potentials and projected outcome values. (MB)

Los Angeles County has completed a formal frisbee golf course utilizing hilly, wooded areas in a park which are unsuited for other sports. (JD)

The designers of a game to raise consciousness on women's issues are interviewed. (BD)

Cricket develops traditional bat and ball skills in a more varied and challenging manner than softball, and allows more equal enjoyment by students of average ability. Game rules are outlined and a rationale for including cricket in the physical education curriculum is presented. (IAH)

Business simulation can give everyone a fresh overview of the business. Well-designed games and simulations can help players understand why change is necessary and can create within the learner a demand for know-how that no lecture can match. (JOW)

Explores the concept of validity in relation to games and simulations, including four aspects of validity that apply to simulations and games (psychological reality, structural validity, process validity, and predictive validity). Factors that may threaten validity during game design are discussed, and suggestions are made to avert these threats.…

Structural aspects that relate the trivial machine, nontrivial machine, and the actor system are discussed. The term rationalism is discussed in terms of discourses that include or exclude those who participate in the debate. Subsequently, the author elaborates on the notion of reality and the meaning of the real world in relation to gaming,…

Reveals the design features of University of Utah campus facilities that would be used to accommodate athletes and spectators during the 2002 Winter Olympics. (GR)

The Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) has been widely used in the assessment of neurological patients with frontal lesions. Emphasis has been placed on the complexity of the task (i.e., four decks of varying contingency pattern) with the suggestion that the participant must use emotion-based learning to deal with a complex decision-making process. The…

Modern video games use physics to achieve realistic behaviour and special effects. Everything from billiard balls, to flying debris, to tactical fighter jets is simulated in games using fundamental principles of dynamics. This article explores several examples of how physics is used in games. Further, this article describes some of the more…

Some game users have contended that students can be successful in games even if they "know little" about the rules and the underlying business theories driving them. Thus, if teams are uninvolved, it is possible that successful game play may not impart the learning typically found in experiential exercises nor that designed into games by their…

This teaching brief presents a Microsoft® Excel simulation designed to complement and expand upon the well-known matchstick/die game introduced by Goldratt in "The Goal." This simulation performs 100 replications of a 40-period processing run for low, medium, and high levels of process variation and displays the comparative results…