In a study of seventh graders playing concept and skill games in mathematics, it was found that grouping students according to prior achievement did not make a major difference in their learning. (JD)

Cross-number puzzles are presented as both learning devices and as means of student evaluation. (MP)

Presents a variety of elementary games and learning activities for language arts, reading, math, and science which all relate to the theme of dinosaurs. (SJL)

Presents an exercise in which the aim is to practice question-forming in a game context, and to show students how to make well-formed questions. Students are broken down into groups. One member reads a story silently. The others, provided with vague clues, must ask "yes-no" questions and reconstruct the story. (Author/PJM)

Fifteen teaching suggestions are offered for elementary language skills activities. The focus is on developing proficiency in sentence completion, alphabetizing, story telling, writing, describing, listening creatively, spelling, and expanding language comprehension. (JD)

Describes the background, setting, materials, controls, and a sample of a simulation game on the task of diffusion in a school setting. (CMV)

Tells how one teacher provides English instruction by simulating an atmosphere of medical internships and consultation. Notes the benefits of such a classroom game. (RL)

Describes a decision-making educational game based on the pioneer experiences of British army personnel in Canada in the early nineteenth century. Procedures for playing the game are outlined. (DB)

The authors discuss the use of classroom games to help students prepare for future realities through exploring values and assumptions about the present and the future. They describe several commercial games and suggest that teachers (and students) also design their own games. (MF)

Describes an exercise designed to help students experience the inequities of land and wealth distribution and to raise serious questions about solutions to those inequities. (FL)

Teachers share practical ideas for learning activities in the elementary school classroom. (CM)

Describes a game which can be used to acquaint students with the basic elements of narrative fiction. (DD)

Finds that, while games are useful as a motivating device in foreign language teaching, many games decribed in the literature are not introduced because they seem to the teacher to be too complicated. Simplifications and variations of some well-known games are suggested. (IFS/WGA)

Lists the advantages of using simulation games in social studies classrooms for special education students, noting appropriate research and providing specific examples. (RL)

Presents a description of the power station game as a simulation exercise topic in physics and society, namely the making of a decision which involves many aspects of technical knowledge. Discusses the results of evaluation of students' attitudes toward the game, and attributes that make simulation an attractive teaching option. (GA)