Describes a marketplace simulation game to help students understand the role of competition and the rationale behind buying and selling food and restaurant services. Cutouts (given in the article) are used to simulate elements in the game. Emphasis is on making decisions in business operation and consumer purchases. (MF)

From elementary science to creative writing--here are over 30 good ideas for stimulating elementary students to learn through discovery processes. (RK)

Intended for teachers of the gifted, talented, and/or creative child, the article stresses the importance of death education for young children. (SBH)

Interviews of students working on a social studies project about New York City. (RL)

Develops technical writing skills by organizing the class as a "company." Class activities include forming the company, defining the product, and completing exercises and situations in internal and external business communication. (RL)

This article discusses the general use of simulation materials to enrich the classroom experience. It gives specific reference to developing simulation materials for the rehabilitation counseling curriculum. Two examples of simulation are offered. (Author)

Describes the importance of children developing proper mapping skills to help them understand their life space as they mature. Explains topological, projective, and Euclidean concepts in relation to how children should be taught about space concepts used in mapping. Focuses on integrating topological experiences into pre-school, primary grades…

Presents an "icebreaker" assignment for a business communication course's first class meeting that subtly encourages students to make new acquaintances in a nonthreatening climate. Includes a sample "autographs worksheet" and instructions. (JD)

Suggests activities for teaching proverbs, an important part of the cultural education of second language learners. Activities include identifying proverbs in common discourse, creating skits and cartoons or pictures based on them, creating puzzles, inventing original proverbs, and analyzing their practical value. (MSE)

Discusses the kinds of things teachers can learn from children if they allow their students the freedom to use their language and their imaginations creatively. (HTH)

Examines the debate between two approaches to teaching writing: imitation of classic models versus technical writing for the real world. Argues that, in either approach, a developmental sequence of assignments is paramount. Describes compromise course plan based on careers, in which students write research papers about vocations in which they are…

The Stock Market Game is a computerized simulation that involves high school students in trading eligible New York Stock Exchange stocks in an effort to make capital gains. Time required is ten weeks. The game is described; economic concepts that can be taught using the game are listed. (RM)

Learning the origin of words and word parts for the purpose of building one's vocabulary as proposed by Becker in his work, "The Etymological Dictionary as a Teaching Device", is found to be a tedious and time-consuming activity. A more effective but similarly based approach to the use of the etymological dictionary is proposed. (LMO)

Asserts that ethnic studies are interdisciplinary, and should be incorporated into all areas of learning to expand the students' world view. States that students must learn to judge the works of Black artists using an Afrocentric, not Eurocentric, model. Suggests ways of implementing the "Black aesthetic." (MM)

Using the problem of trash disposal as an example, students participate in science activities designed to develop the following science skills: classifying, observing, measuring, communicating, inferring, and predicting. Activities are described in detail and a reproducible page is provided. (JL)