An index of appropriate games for nine areas of speech communication and information given on sources, cost, time required to play, grade level, number of players involved, and a brief description of each game. (CH)

Discussed the game-like atmosphere teachers might want to create for fruitful listening experiences as well as describing illustrative games that can be used for such purposes. (Author/RK)

Short descriptive notes discuss new developments in curriculum, such as student use of television cameras to record vandalism damage; and development of new games in which the element of winning or losing is either eliminated or sharply deemphasized. (JF)

Eight games and activities are described as designed to stimulate shorthand students by combining fun with challenge. (AG)

This article discusses how developmental and behaviorist learning theories can be used to create educational games. The Piagetian rationale for the use of games is examined and three benefits of gaming are identified: (1) games are related to intellectual, socio-emotional, and motor learning in young children, (2) gaming requires aspects of…

Results are reported of research to test whether a simulation game can be used to identify and to influence the leadership styles practiced by elementary school principals. The design assesses whether principals can become more skillful decisionmakers through heightened awareness of their leadership styles. The research and educational…

This paper discusses computer simulation as a tool for teaching about phenomena characterized by a problem to be solved, a task or goal to be reached, a procedure to be learned, or an environment to be understood. Simulation is defined and characterized by an examination of both the attributes that are common to simulations, and a taxonomy…

There are inexpensive products available that can provide some of the motivation, self-correction, and reinforcement aspects of computers in the classroom. Five of these are: Spelling B, Charlie, Speak and Spell, Step Language Board, and Spellbinder. Seven teachers used each product with severely disabled readers in a reading laboratory and with…

This bibliography lists toys and games designed to aid children and young adults to master skills in the following areas: (1) communication; (2) concepts; (3) life; (4) math readiness; (5) motor; (6) reading; (7) music therapy; (8) sensory; and (9) social studies. Ten to thirty entries are described in each category, and a list of publishers is…

The program document provides games and activities for primary and elementary grades which may be adapted to various career clusters. Most of the games may be constructed by the class. Illustrations and diagrams are provided, and each game specifies the grade level for which it is intended. (Author/MF)