Discusses (1) the nature of business games (interactive management simulation exercises in which participants choose values that will guide decision making); (2) selecting and using these games in engineering courses; and (3) developing and administering such games. A sample test for a business policy game is included. (JN)

Offers a quiz in which the reader tries to match the first line of a novel to its appropriate title. (CRH)

Offers practical activities that make spelling drill more interesting and more applicable to vocabulary development. (FL)

Described are reactions to a game in which students establish social groups, detail their governing principles, and identify and cope with deviant behaviors. (GW)

A mathematics contest involving competition between high school remedial mathematics classes is described. (DT)

Monopoly, the Parker Brothers Game, is put forward as a valuable teaching aid. (GB)

Retells the old story of the inventor of the chessboard who, as reward, is granted as much wheat as it takes to fill the 64 squares of the board, doubling the number of grains for each square. (WM)

Guidelines for selecting cases and games for basic business courses are offered to help teachers make a decision regarding their appropriateness as motivators for the students. (AG)

The relationship between reward level and basic motives which underlie strategic choices (competitive and noncompetitive) in a mixed-motive game was examined from two theoretical perspectives. (Editor)

A training game provides for active participation in training using a gaming apparatus specifically designed for the achievement of a training objective. The most valuable characteristic of this kind of teaching device is the scope afforded for independent progress. (DS)

Suggests several variations of a game designed to enhance students' active and passive vocabularies. (TO)

This article describes a simulation game used in a juvenile correctional facility that adapts to the varied "intake" stages of the students and provides practical experience in consumer education. (JH)

Examples are given which can be adapted to any grade level''. (Author/SP)

Rules are specified for a card game used to help fifth and sixth graders learn equivalent fractions and the renaming of whole numbers as fractions. (DT)