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Clarifying Legal Drafting By Well-Structuring It: An Improved Version Of The Plain Language Game, Layman E. Allen Jan 1982

Clarifying Legal Drafting By Well-Structuring It: An Improved Version Of The Plain Language Game, Layman E. Allen

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In order to be plain, language should be well-structured. This is the theory upon which the PLAIN LANGUAGE Game is based. It provides those who aspire to be legal drafters with practice in constructing well-structured statements - a useful skill for expressing clear legal norms. You have already encountered the underlining of part of the term 'well-structured', 'PLAIN LANGUAGE' and 'norm', and may be wondering about it The underlining of the first two letters of each word of a term indicates that the term is a defined term and that it is being used in its defined sense. Thus, a …


What Counts Is How The Game Is Scored: One Way To Increase Achievement In Learning Mathematics, Layman E. Allen, Gloria Jackson, Joan Ross, Stuart White Jan 1978

What Counts Is How The Game Is Scored: One Way To Increase Achievement In Learning Mathematics, Layman E. Allen, Gloria Jackson, Joan Ross, Stuart White

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Pior investigation indicates that instructional gaming can be an effective tool for enhancing both motivation and achievement in the learning of mathematics. This study explores the extent to which the effectiveness of instructional gaming in facilitating the learning of specific mathematical ideas can be increased by incorporating devices that channel learners’ attention upon those ideas. In particular, the effect of channeling attention by changing the method of scoring is explored.


Equations Presented As An Example Of A Nonsimulation Game, Layman E. Allen, Joan K. Ross Jan 1972

Equations Presented As An Example Of A Nonsimulation Game, Layman E. Allen, Joan K. Ross

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One way of characterizing instructional games is in terms of whether they are simulation games or nonsimulation games. Most ofSimulation Gaming News deals with simulation games and other simulations; here we are concerned with nonsimulation games.


The Virtues Of Nonsimulation Games, Layman E. Allen, Robert W. Allen, Joan Ross Jan 1970

The Virtues Of Nonsimulation Games, Layman E. Allen, Robert W. Allen, Joan Ross

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The use of games as teaching devices is receiving attention from an increasing number of educators. Data from tests conducted with one such educational game-WFF ’N PROOF strongly indicate that this and similar games are useful, not only in teaching a particular subject (in this case symbolic logic), but also in increasing the general problem-solving ability of the student. WFF ’N PROOF is actually not one game but a series of 21 games of increasing difficulty. The first games in the series are quite simple and can be enjoyed by first graders. The final games are challenging and stimulating even …


Reviewed Work: Escapism: The Logical Basis Of Ethics By P.H. Nowell-Smith And Lemmon, Layman E. Allen Jan 1969

Reviewed Work: Escapism: The Logical Basis Of Ethics By P.H. Nowell-Smith And Lemmon, Layman E. Allen

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Review of P.H. Nowell-Smith and E.J. Lemmon, Escapism: the logical basis of ethics; in Mind.


Reviewed Work: Escapism: The Logical Basis Of Ethics By A.N. Prior, Layman E. Allen Jan 1969

Reviewed Work: Escapism: The Logical Basis Of Ethics By A.N. Prior, Layman E. Allen

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Review of A.N. Prior, Escapism: the logical basis of ethics; in Essays in moral philosophy.


Reviewed Work: Obligation And Modal Logic, Layman E. Allen Jan 1969

Reviewed Work: Obligation And Modal Logic, Layman E. Allen

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Review of H.N. Castaneda, Obligation and modal logic, in Logique et analyse.