Two studies examined the impact of mathematical games, some involving parents playing games with children in class, on 5- to 7-year-olds' number knowledge. Results showed that games appeared to be most effective as a way of enhancing children's learning when a sensitive adult was available to support and extend the children's learning as they…

Considers the way in which games can be woven into the curriculum to help pupils practice their mental skills in a situation quite different from the traditional mental test and in a way which reduces the pressures felt by pupils. (ASK)

Illustrates some of the mathematical ideas that result from typical game-playing sessions of children and parents at home. Presents different board games. (ASK)

Illustrates the use of an inductive approach that leads students to the discovery of Avogadro's number while integrating thinking, mathematical, and calculator skills in the process. An understanding of scientific notation and a calculator are required. (DDR)

One strategy for enhancing cognitive outcomes in physical education (PE) is placing PE learning centers in elementary classrooms. The center should have games (e.g., board games, card games, and puzzles) that were created or modified to focus on PE concepts. The article describes two board games created for use in PE learning centers. (SM)

Describes the du Maurier Open, a women's tennis tournament. Explains that tennis becomes an elite sport at the level of the du Maurier Open. Presents a crossword puzzle that focuses on many of the female tennis stars and provides the across and down clues, a word list, and the answer key. (CMK)

Presents an educational mathematical activity from Africa. Shows how one child explored the game of Julirde, a game of the mosque emphasizing problem solving and symmetry. Offers several suggestions for exploring the game from the central African country of Cameroon in the elementary school mathematics classroom. (ASK)

Considers how classroom simulations help students master concepts in cross-cultural workplace communication. Notes three problems that face most instructors who wish to incorporate simulation games into their cross-cultural classroom instruction. Discusses how in the creation of cross-cultural simulation games, it helps instructors by solving the…

Investigated whether kindergarten students who played Sony PlayStation educational video games for 40 minutes daily for 11 weeks learned better than peers who did not play such games. Found that the experimental group gained significantly more than the control group in spelling and decoding on the Wide Range Achievement Test-R3. Found no…

Discusses the influences socialist ideas have had upon Canada and its people, in particular, their system of governmental control over medical facilities and services. Provides a crossword puzzle that focuses on the prominent Canadian socialist leaders of the twentieth-century. Includes the clues and word list. (CMK)

Describes how the card game Numero helps students improve their knowledge of basic number facts while having fun. Suggests ways in which Numero can best be used in the classroom. (ASK)

Most games have descended from ancient pastimes with simple resources. Illustrates 23 games from around the world discussing different mathematical concepts. (ASK)

There are two kinds of logical reasoning: "inductive" and "deductive". Inductive reasoning proceeds from effect back to cause, from special case to general principle. Detectives use it, examining the clues and conjecturing the actions that caused them. On the other hand, deductive reasoning proceeds from cause to effect, from principle to…

Academic study generally highlights the work of consciousness, which operates in terms of a few variables, simple causal relations, and coherent stories. A course on "Big Books of American Literature" brought to the foreground the activities of the more generally neglected unconscious: an extraordinarily rich repertoire of behavior that operates…

This article addresses misconceptions related to what makes an unfair game fair and describes from a personal perspective the process of discovering for oneself when a particular mathematical method works. (Contains 3 figures and 2 tables.)