When problem based learning occurs in a social context it is open to a common social behaviour, scrounging. In the animal behaviour literature, scroungers do not attempt to find resources themselves but rather exploit resources found by other group members (referred to as producers). We know from studies of animal behaviour (including humans) that…

A project is described which sought to explore a new form of game using a model social system. This is called Ecogame'' and involved an on-line interaction with a dynamic computerized model economy. (Author)

This paper focuses on the simulation games developed at the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, U.S.A., which deal with a variety of social processes or situations. The paper, given before game play, identifies some of their characteristic features and discusses the educational implementational implications of the ways in which they are seen to…