This chapter presents two significant gaming concepts, one old and one new, and demonstrates how interactive teaching/learning situations can be structured through their application to attain prespecified objectives which require communication, group decision making, planning, or simple interactive skills. Frame games, the older concept, are…

An overview of participative exercises of the game/simulation/case study type is provided, and seven distinct types of exercises are identified and briefly described; i.e., "pure" games; "pure" simulations; "pure" case studies; simulation games; games used as case studies; simulated case studies; and simulation games used as case studies. The…

Two keywords "input" and "get," in the BASIC programming language provide a metaphor of the processes of response and intervention in a dialogue situation. Computer teaching activities can be programmed using one or both of these commands. There are at least five main types: the quiz or overt teaching program, the text processsing program, the…

Two games are presented which demonstrate the complexity of the hazardous waste problem through an introduction to the: (1) economics of waste disposal; (2) legislation surrounding waste disposal; (3) necessity to handle wastes with care; (4) damages to the environmental and human health resulting from improper disposal; (5) correct ways to…

Groucho is a computer game designed to teach energy conservation concepts to upper elementary and junior high school students. The game is written in Applesoft Basic for the Apple II microcomputer. A complete listing of the program is provided. The game utilizes low resolution graphics to reward students for correct answers to 10 questions…

Authors investigated methods of turning research into a form that would be available to the public and would contribute to that public's understanding and awareness of crafts. (Author/RK)

Suggests exercises to increase fluency with numbers for use primarily with children and teenagers learning English as a second language. (KM)

Rules are presented for the planning and acting out of "speaking games." Further, the methodical designing and the functioning of "speaking games" are discussed, using five actual examples as models. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Presents illustrations of numerous optical illusions which can be used in the classroom to amuse and to stimulate discussion. (MLH)

This resource bibliography lists and briefly annotates non-sexist books, records, films, tapes, games, kits, and miscellany that present, in a fair manner, information by or about women in areas where, until recently, little had been published, and/or because they depict males and females as equals in non-traditional roles. Citations are arranged…

The "Crisis" game that is described in this paper is designed to present children with a vocabulary of terms commonly heard when people discuss the energy problem, and to provide an immediate use and reinforcement of those terms in a low-risk game situation. Included in the description are the directions for playing the game, an illustration of…