Three suggestions are made for improving on the present uncoordinated state of games and simulations: establish precise vocabulary, understand the relationships between simulation/gaming and other instructional alternatives, and instigate systematic research based on the descriptive--correlational--experimental loop model. (Author/LS)

Rationale for use of simulations and games. Emphasizes game use in economics, particularly consumer education and studies at the secondary level. (LS)

Teaching history through simulation, with examples taken from a history book: "Involvement in History--The Tudors." (LS)

A personal view of simulation considers evaluation, game variables, reasons for using and not using simulations, producing organizations, and promoting greater use. (LS)

Reviews research on simulation/gaming evaluation, with emphasis on geography. Describes styles of simulation, interaction between participants and systems, and interaction among participants. (LS)

A consideration of simulation/gaming research, problems, theoretical criticism, and markets, with a view to predicting future developments. (LS)

Simulation, Planning and Training Exercises (SPATE) was established to help youths 15 or older cope with the social world. SPATE is based on three essential ingredients: technical content, problem solving, and personal relationship. MAtching SKills (MASK) is a simulation in career selection and job-seeking. (Author/LS)

Describes five simulation exercises: a problem for a student teacher, an industrial relations game, a series of student problems; an international relations crisis, and a sociological exercise on public and private opinions. (LS)

Reports on a study being conducted by the Jefferson County Public Schools (Colorado) that implements a digital time-shared computer as support for a systems approach to instruction. (Author/ER)

Existing computer-assisted instructional programs for nursing students are studied and their application to the education of practical nurses is considered in the light of the recent history of nursing education. (Author)

At the State University of New York at Buffalo researchers have developed a method designed to eliminate the disadvantages, but to retain and improve the advantages of unit teaching. A large Computer-Based Resource Unit coded to students' individual characteristics and objectives facilitates teacher decision-making. (Author/ER)

There is a natural unique relationship between non-verbal communication and visual media such as television and film. Visual media will have to be used extensively--almost exclusively--in teaching non-verbal communications, as well as other methods requiring special teaching skills. (Author/ER)

An attempt was made to develop a visual display device which would produce a phonemic standard representation of foreign speech sounds to which language learners could match their productions. A system utilizing commercially-built amateur radio equipment was developed to produce such a standard. (Author)

Whatever the format used, all self-instruction programs must contain certain parameters in order to be effective. This paper discusses those parameters and their implication on the media technologies. (Author)

The general findings and recommendations of a Defense Science Board Task Force on Training Technology are presented, and eight lessons for the training technology research and development community are drawn. (Author)