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The Simulation Of A Computer-Assisted Instruction Program For Teaching A Non-Simulation Game: Meemi-Equations Auto-Mate Imp Kit No. 1, Layman E. Allen, Joan K. Ross
The Simulation Of A Computer-Assisted Instruction Program For Teaching A Non-Simulation Game: Meemi-Equations Auto-Mate Imp Kit No. 1, Layman E. Allen, Joan K. Ross
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LAYMAN ALLEN and Joan Ross have devised two extensions to the game of EQUATIONS. Allen has utilized the concept of mathematical balance in constructing games that bear a variety of academic content (for example, ON-WORDS and ON-SETS). The game quality in such cases depends on the complexity of problems that one player constructs for the others. The game is more durable when it is set in a metagame matrix that matches equally proficient players at each level of competence. When EQUATIONS is set in such a metagame it can become an Olympian struggle. In fact, during the past eight years …