The feedback from former students, the enthusiasm of the present students, and the favorable administrative atmosphere make mobile office education a program which will definitely expand in the future. (Author)

"Practice on video tape helps students in medical history taking." (Editor)

This simulation highlights problems of development strategies for underdeveloped countries and examines aspects of tourism. As Parliament members on a Caribbean island, students discuss a proposal from a foreign source and make a decision on behalf of their people. Includes procedures, timetable, character list, role descriptions, and other…

Describes the design and implementation of a simulation exercise to reinforce lecture guidelines specifying disclosure of medical information without risk to patient or student. (JOW)

An investigative activity dealing with where to pitch a tent at a campsite is described. (MNS)

In this teacher developed simulation, secondary students, in the roles of justices and attorneys, bring to trial a selection of cases adjudicated by the U.S. Supreme Court. (RM)

People should understand what the commodity futures market is and who uses it. The commodity futures market should be studied in a high school economics course so a one-week unit was developed for students that involved them in a simulation as hedgers and speculators. (AM)

Reviews the development of programed instruction for problem solving from the Tab Test in 1955 to Patient Management Problems (PMP) in 1967 and written simulation for any setting in 1976. The process of creating written simulations is briefly described, as well as some current developments involving microcomputers and videodiscs. (EAO)

Describes a nine-week exercise based on Hardin's concept of "the commons" designed to teach college sociology students about the structural constraints on individual decision-making concerning resource use. The theoretical background and simulation set-up of the exercise are discussed. (Author/AM)