This discussion of games--particularly computerized games--and their potential in schools addresses several topics: what games are, types of games (free-form, rigid-form, or open-form) and their educational applications, the role of games in learning, student participation in adapting existing games for computer presentation, and special classroom…

CHILDREN'S ATTITUDES TOWARD ADULTS WERE STUDIED IN A HARLEM PUBLIC SCHOOL. UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF A GAME, 51 NEGRO CHILDREN WERE TESTED. THE FIRST PART WAS "LET'S SEE IF ANY OF THESE TEACHERS REMIND YOU OF YOUR OWN TEACHER," AS THE CHILD GLANCED THROUGH PICTURES. BOTH PLEASANT AND UNPLEASANT, OF NEGRO AND WHITE TEACHERS. THE SECOND PART…

The network characteristics of the PLATO computer-based education system permit students to communicate not only with the computer, but with each other. This capability can be exploited in educationally significant ways. In addition to the social interaction which occurs when students help each other at the terminal and when they work together at…

The materials collected here were generated at a workshop in which 16 participants from Afghanistan, India, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Nepal met to examine the subject of developing low cost educational materials. The objectives of this workshop were (1) to exchange experiences in the development of such materials through…

To study the effectiveness and feasibility of using structured programming games at the elementary school level, this study presented one and one-half hours of programming instruction to a group of gifted children between the ages of nine and twelve. Using a game called Antfarm and the programming language Pascal, the instruction introduced…

The purpose of the present study was to examine the effects of game-like learning activities, as compared to rote memorization procedures, on preschool subjects (n=8) recitation of their home telephone numbers. A rhyming mnemonic memory device was incorporated into the game procedures. A group design was used with a pretest-training-posttest…

PHYSICAL EDUCATION ACTIVITIES FOR USE IN GRADES ONE THROUGH SIX ARE ENUMERATED AND DESCRIBED IN THIS MANUAL. UNITS OF THE MANUAL WHICH ARE CONCERNED WITH SIDEWALK GAMES, SCHOOLROOM GAMES, BALL GAMES FOR GRADES ONE AND TWO, STUNTS AND STUNT GAMES, AND GAMES OF LOW ORGANIZATION ARE PRESENTED IN A FORMAT WHICH CONSISTS OF (1) A LISTING OF CRITERIA BY…

The games presented in this manual are based on the Spin-A-Test game making technique, are applicable to the complex area of phonics, and are intended to provide teachers of reading with an almost unlimited source of circular games which meet prescriptive objectives. Contents of the manual consist of (1) a description of the scope of the game…

The present study is a replication of the initial use of the Teams-Games-Tournament (TGT) technique in the primary grades. TGT is a classroom management technique in which (1) students are placed on four member teams; (2) the student teams compete in regularly scheduled tournaments; and (3) the tournaments are structured around instructional…

The Idea Tree suggests a variety of ideas for using community resources in classroom activities. Several suggestions are made under each of the following headings: student assignments (individual activities, for later sharing, dealing with enrichment of the resource topic or to supplement background information); small group assignments; whole…

The effect of games on the development of analytic thinking and problem-solving skills in young children was studied. Eight tasks were constructed, based on Guilford's Structure of Intellect Model, and a variety of commercial games were evaluated for their ability to promote analytic thinking, problem solving, and affective skills. Using students…

The decision-making game is built on a model which adheres to the economic principles of supply and demand. Game participants are faced with the task of generating profit in a simulated competitive situation. The game provides the opportunity for participants to gain a greater understanding of: (1) the relationship between income and costs and…

A short, preliminary discussion of simulation and gaming outlines the various instructional and research techniques which come under the more general heading and lists the properties of each. Six sections of annotated, bibliographic entries serve as a guide to the literature on simulation and gaming. Documents are grouped under the following…

This is an individually administered rating scale designed to evaluate teacher trainee attitudes toward a social simulation game of didactic teaching entitled "Explanation." A major goal of the scale is to seek responses that measure students' reactions to the cognitive interest and motivational nature of the learning game through the use of…

Simulation games were used as part of a summer program with 76 students who were either not interested or not benefiting from traditional classroom approaches. The Democracy Game and the Consumer Game were played for five days in place of regular English classes. Questionnaires were administered to the students before and after game participation.…