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ERIC Number: EJ284203
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1983
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The Island of Terra: A Computer-Aided Simulation of World Resources Problems Designed for Lower-Achieving Secondary School Pupils.
Watson, Robert
Simulation/Games for Learning, v13 n2 p64-71 Sum 1983
Describes the computer-assisted environmental-educational game TERRA, which is designed to encourage lower-ability high school students to think at their own level about the future of their world. Based on "The Limits to Growth" (Meadows et al., 1972), the game comprises four programs: Terra Firma, Terradactyl, Inflation, and Doubles. (EAO)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Conservation (Environment), Conservation Education, Decision Making, Educational Games, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Microcomputers, Models, Population Education, Simulation, Social Attitudes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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