Uses Bruner's learning theory to indicate how simulation games give British secondary school teachers a chance to resolve the dilemma of, on the one hand, the formal demands of the educational system, and on the other, the need to strengthen their pupils' ability to respond to and accept change. (Author/LLS)

These activities, all centering on the child's name, may help the elementary music teacher learn children's names as they participate in educational music activities. Each can be incorporated into the regular music curriculum and can be used for a short time at the beginning or end of the music class period. (Author/SJL)

The author presents logic/strategy games to develop logical thinking in primary-grade gifted students. Procedures and materials are described for such games as Odd Man On, Even-Out, and Hex. A list of references on the development of logical thinking in young gifted, creative, and talented children is also provided. (SBH)

Explores many facets of paradoxical communication in interpersonal encounters; and presents a structured interpersonal exercise which provides students with experiential learning in how to identify and deal effectively with many subtle manifestations of paradoxical communication. (Author/CMV)

Describes a simulation exercise designed to illustrate the effects of incentives on individual and group behavior. Examination of game-generated data suggests that the schemes affect both individual and group behavior. (Author/CMV)

A number game, used with sixth- and seventh-grade students, involving place value is described and discussed. (MK)

Among topics discussed during this interview with Martin Gardner are: The origin and future of "Mathematical Games," pseudoscience, mathematicians and the public, and teaching. (PK)

The Feshbach and Roe test of empathy was administered to 84 children aged 6 and 7 years while they were preparing either to compete or to cooperate with another child on a game. (JMB)

Ten games and activities designed to teach basic vocabulary to primary grade children are described. Basic Bingo, Word Hunt, Categories, and Scrabble are among the activities presented. (CL)

It was concluded that playing squash is an activity that results in heart rate responses of sufficient intensity to elicit aerobic training effects without producing high lactic acid concentration in the blood. (MM)

Descriptions of three games appropriate for elementary school and handicapped children in physical education are provided. (JMF)

This article examines methods of solution, including a computer program, of a well-known puzzle. (MK)

A collection of activities specifically designed to stimulate babies during the first six months of life. (CM)

A classroom game patterned after "Hollywood Squares" is described as a way to disguise drill on basic skills and provide an incentive for doing homework. (MP)

The evolution of a computer program that plays a game involving dice is described. The overall strategy was improved by introducing skill levels. (MP)