Gaming provides a real opportunity for students to create simulation games in areas most meaningful to them, making learning an active, creative, dynamic and student-originated experience, encouraging initiative and creative thinking. (Authors/JB)

Data from a long term Participant observation study of an all-Negro public housing project suggest that the aspirations of lower class people are conventional, yet unattainable via use of subcultural coping techniques. (JM)

Discusses the use of games for teaching introductory physics. The elements of game design are reviewed, and sevel examples are described that illustrate different varieties of teaching games suitable for use by beginning physics students. Bibliography. (LC)

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