Discusses the use of the METRO-APEX program to provide a simulated real world'' experience of managing air quality in urban regions. Concludes that the students involved are strengthened in business and natural, applied, and political sciences and given a proper insight into the professional behavior. (CC)

Reports research on game playing and the learning associated with it which had three purposes: to contribute knowledge to develop a theory of learning in games; to provide useful information about the effectiveness of games for game designers, teachers, and curriculum specialists; to develop a set of research instruments. (JM)

Four activities are discussed, each of which have students working cooperatively in teams. The topics involved are estimating and counting, addition in a strategy situation, the concept of variable, and problem solving. Complete directions for the teacher are given. (LS)

Two classroom games are discussed, one focusing on the relationships between decimals, percents, and fractions and the other on spatial perception, identification and discrimination of geometric figures. Materials needed, construction suggestions, and rules for playing the games are given. (LS)

A discussion of SAFE (Simulating Alternative Futures in Education), a computerized classroom game which synthesizes the growing body of futurist techniques and literature into a meaningful learning experience for students of social change. (Author)

Articles describes SAFE, a newly developed and tested computerized simulation game for preparing educators, or any students of social change, for the use of simulation and the systems approach to studying complex interrelationships and social dynamics. (Author)

The complexities of courtroom procedure and rule of evidence often dissuade the classroom teacher from using the mock trial strategy. This model has been designed for role playing and for focusing on the judicial decision-making process: deliberation on the issues of a case. (Author/JB)

Describes how to construct a bulletin board with a light that flashes when the correct answer is matched with a question. (JR)

Describes a teaching technique (Teams-Game-Tournament) that stimulates students' desire to learn through friendly competition. Used in junior high school biology classes, this technique was found to increase academic achievement, increase peer tutoring, and increase black-white and male-female classroom interaction. (JR)

Directions are given for a game providing practice with multiplication combinations and for a game involving counting and number combinations. (DT)

A simulation game using methods of conflict resolution is designed to enable students to study the role and function of administrative agencies. This game provides a natural opening for discussion of law modification through legislative action, and judicial control through litigation. (SM)