Commercial games may be adapted for classroom use. (JH)

This newsletter, published eight times during the academic year, is intended for elementary teachers interested in open education. The newsletter includes descriptions of actual classroom projects, discussions of teaching techniques, and sources of curriculum and instructional materials. This issue contains a description of several sets of logic…

This booklet contains games ideas, methods, and materials used, adapted, developed, and found successful by teachers of handicapped children. (JD)

This book, intended for parents and teachers of preschoolers, provides suggestions to help children prepare to read. Chapters include investigations of the parents' role, of the right experiences to build reading readiness, and of learning through games. The major portion of the book is devoted to description of visual and listening games; for…

Stoeckel gives a brief history of the conquest of the Northwest territory by Clark and some references for further research. Following the brief history, Kemler presents a simulation designed by a teacher to stimulate interest in Clark's expedition during the Revolutionary War. (JR)

Techniques discussed include cultural asides, culture capsules, and cultural slots. Other devices, discussed in detail, are instructional games, inquiry techniques, andacting techniques. Content sources for French, German, Hispanic and Russian cultures are also provided. (Author/RM)

Educational psychologists and researchers attest to the importance of play in learning, but studies indicate that children are playing less, and often less effectively, justifying the need for play within the school curriculum. The area of language arts is a natural place for imaginative play. One elementary school project incorporated playing,…

The use of simulation games is considered by which the college teacher addresses selected topics by having students engage in activities that approximate the realities of a social situation. Simulations offer a stimulus for examining theoretical models and their applicability to everyday social situations. The Prisoner's Dilemma is presented as an…

Designed for third and fourth grade students in Boulder County (Colorado) schools, this manual provides objectives and activities and lists resources for legal education. Four concepts form the focus for Grade 3: understanding how rules are made and why they are necessary, authority and its use and abuse, matching responsibilities with rights, and…

This monograph is one of a series developed for curriculum in higher education which prepares personnel for employment in local, state, and regional levels of Employment and Training Administration programs of the U.S. Department of Labor. This publication describes a simulation game called "Pipeline" rather than a regular university course. The…

The development and evaluation of materials for a series of three workshops designed to increase the interpersonal communication skills of the librarian during the reference interview are described. The completed package for this project, "Librarians Communicate," consisted of a three-part 51-minute videocassette tape and a 50-page…

This classroom guide for metric education included a brief rationale and history of metrics, a preliminary metric quiz, a symbol summary, and a list of recommended instructional materials. The guide is comprised primarily of four sections covering the topics of: weight, length, volume, and temperature. Each of these sections contains goals and…

This handbook describes inexpensive or easy to make metric measuring materials for use by teachers of grades K-12. Materials for teaching length, area, volume, and temperature concepts are suggested. In addition, there is a chapter on games and aids and a bibliography which provides further references. The introduction includes some hints on…

This elementary curriculum is a vehicle to provide manipulative activities that reinforce academic skills through meaningful, relevant, activity-based awareness of modern society. The twenty-six activity plans included in the curriculum place a major emphasis upon realistic or concrete experiences that deal with the manipulation and exploration of…