A game to help secondary civics students understand how a Congressional bill becomes law is presented. The game board is pictured; teachers have to run off copies on the photocopier and then add dice and some colored pieces of paper for students to use as markers. (RM)

Discusses children's imaginary companions as a part of human development that adults should strive to understand. (BJD)

Reviews user-adaptable learning games that can be customized for any subject, including Tic Tac Show and the Game Show from Computer Advanced Ideas, which are question-answer learning programs based on game shows, and Master Match from Computer Advanced Ideas and Square Pairs from Scholastic Inc., which are based on the card game Concentration.…

Describes two microcomputer games developed to teach prejournalism students how to locate and evaluate information used in mass media messages. (HTH)

Describes The Road of Life, a board game developed to increase understanding of the experiences of the elderly by simulating the gains and losses of old age. The game, followed by a group discussion, is an effective way to facilitate an increased understanding of old age. (JAC)

Social routines based on rhyming verses combined with co-active participation with adults were developed to permit visually impaired young children with additional handicaps to associate communicative responses with attention to and action on objects. (Author/CL)

The rules for playing the medieval game of Rithmomachia, a battle of numbers, is described. Moves, rules of capture, play with the pyramids, components of pyramids, victories, and hints on strategy are each given. (MNS)

A teacher turned software programer expounds on his computing background, the philosophy behind his games, and on the roles and uses of these games and other software in educational settings. Advice on selecting software is provided for administrators and parents. (JN)

Four sets of French classroom activities are presented: a mystery whose clues include two postcard messages; three puzzles with grammar-related clues; a mystery contained in three comic strip frames; and the solving of a kidnapping mystery. (MSE)

Ten mainstreamed hearing-impaired high school and middle school students played a microcomputer communication game with hearing peers. Analyses based on the typed messages, errors, and interviews with students and their teachers gave evidence of the educational potential of this type of learning activity. (Author/CL)

Describes five simulation exercises: a problem for a student teacher, an industrial relations game, a series of student problems; an international relations crisis, and a sociological exercise on public and private opinions. (LS)

This book provides a comprehensive, applied, and field-tested plan for using tactical games in teaching elementary physical education. The tactical games approach is taught by game category. For each game category, the book presents three progressive levels of units containing up to 30 detailed lesson plans. Each of the 90 lessons is designed to…

This collection of palindromes, pangrams, acrostics, word squares and word ladders, visual and numerical puzzles, silly names, and much more is designed to delight, surprise, and challenge both the novice and the expert player of word games. It uses the metaphor of a busy, cosmopolitan city to showcase three facets of words: forms of letters,…

This paper advocates the deliberate and consistent use of educational simulations and games as one way of improving mathematics instruction. Dewey's philosophy to rationalize using simulations and games in mathematics classes is discussed. A drill and practice type of mathematical simulation game called Mathardy is illustrated. It is concluded…

UnicenP's First Engineering Games took place in October of 1999, and consisted of three tasks designed by engineering faculty which involved all courses taught in first year. Teams were made up of students from all four Engineering programs currently offered by the institution. The games occurred over a period of three days and proved a successful…