Games provide a stimulating environment for language use and help bridge the gap between the student's world and the world of fiction. (Author/SP)

Students should be given the opportunity to experience a constant bombardment of similar material from the different disciplines. Thus the students will experience a constantly expanding educational experience leading to a greater awareness." (Author)

The author describes an eight day program at forty-five minutes a day designed to introduce concepts of computer programming and simply describe how a computer operated. Detailed lesson plans are outlined. (MS)

Describes the purpose and use of a card game which presents the essential groundwork of organic chemistry in a teaching aid form for use by the individual or by groups of sixth-form or first year university students. (Author/PR)

Describes the use of the game cards designed to help students master a large number of seemingly diverse yet fundamental reactions of classical organic chemistry. Claims that cards have stimulated students to learn organic reactions more willingly and more independently. (Author/PR)

Article shows how educational games can be challenging as well as stimulating. Such games make learning more interesting for the student. (Editor/MR)

Describes several games currently available, how they relate to social studies objectives, and suggests further resources. (JB)

Clark Abt's book Serious Games" describes how games can enable children (and adults) to learn the abstract concepts that are required to deal with a world that is becoming increasingly complex. His book is here reviewed by three members of the University of Connecticut's Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics Studies. (Author)

Describes a directory to simulations and games available for educational use, Guide to Simulation Games for Education and Training," edited by the authors; appears as Part II of a two-part supplement on simulation games. (Editor/SW)

A designer of educational games and simulations analyzes his own design process which revealed unexpected weaknesses in his mode of working, led him to consider how to minimize them when designing future games and simulations, and resulted in changes to a more efficient and effective work style. (EAO)

Defines and discusses the uses of poetic games in a second language classroom. Provides an extensive inventory of poetic games, with examples in French and English. (EKN)

Describes a teaching game for bibliographic formatting that emphasizes the importance of noting author, title, and publication information precisely while using accurate formatting and punctuation. (HTH)