This article offers teachers tips about how to get off to a good start when the new school year begins. Suggestions are given for setting up initial activities, making door signs that help students practice reading, starting group stories, scheduling time, and getting to know students. (PP)

Describes the development and evaluation of a method for introducing simple arithmetical symbolism to preschool children through the use of simple games. (JOW)

Describes a game to be used with high school seniors or college freshmen studying the geography of underdeveloped nations. The game involves role playing, decision making, computations, and analysis. It should provide a platform for discussion of the prospects and problems of farming in a developing region. (CS)

A technique, useful in loosening up the stiffness of the first class meeting, is a people scavenge. Its objective is to identify people who have certain knowledge or have had particular experiences relative to class content. Scavenges make interesting "get acquainted" activities for groups meeting together for the first time. (NQA)

Methods for solving logic puzzles which focus on thought-free procedures that facilitate solution are discussed. Two of the procedures noted pertain to the interior of any submatrix, whereas others span several submatrices. A puzzle is presented at the conclusion as an exercise for practicing the methods promoted. (MP)

Two simulation games, which have been shown to be particularly valuable educational resources in the teaching of statistics, are profiled. Such games offer exciting extensions to the resources currently available to the mathematics teacher by enabling the instruction of standard concepts in creative and productive ways. (MP)

Discusses teaching methods and instructional aids developed to integrate blind students into a private class for elementary-school-aged piano students. Instructional aids incorporate auditory and tactile stimuli to teach music notation skills. Commercial games, like Bingo, were modified with Braille symbols to teach rhythm concepts. (AM)

Explains the rationale behind using educational games in the classroom and lists rules for effectively using games. Describes a versatile game called "practice pockets" and gives examples of how to use it to teach science, math, English, reading, and social studies. (DC)

A game designed as a take-off on tenpin bowling is described which allows children to review all four operations while playing. Three dice are rolled and a pin is knocked down when numbers can be combined to the value of that pin position. Scoring is similar to standard bowling. (MP)

Describes a frame game which focuses on problems of sex, status, and organizational development. "The Academic Game" is a specific model of a generic game that has differential consequences for men and women, and is easily adaptable to other organizational settings, including public administration and industry. Six references are listed.…

Describes the simulation game "Nuclear Deterrence," which was developed to model an international relations crisis situation involving a bargaining framework potentially applicable to crisis modeling in other disciplines. Eight references are listed. (Author/LLS)

Several computer games are reviewed with respect to how they might be used within the classroom. The games detailed represent "families" that progress from the introduction of a concept to advanced games that help develop it. (MP)

Outlines the history, use, and value of simulations (role play, operational games, and individual exercises) in geography instruction. The author stresses that, while simulations improve student motivation and increase interest in concepts, their effectiveness depends on proper integration into course curricula. (AM)

A game designed to reinforce knowledge of the relationships between certain metric measures is described. (MK)

Describes a classroom game designed to help junior high students understand the historic and social relationships associated with clan names in the Manding-speaking areas of West Africa. (CK)