Serious Games

Serious Games
ISBN-10
0819161489
ISBN-13
9780819161482
Series
Serious Games
Category
Education
Pages
176
Language
English
Published
1987
Publisher
University Press of America
Author
Clark C. Abt

Description

The author explores the ways in which games can be used to instruct and inform as well as provide pleasure. He uses innovative approaches to problem solving through individualized game techniques. Topics include: improving education with games; educational games for the physical and social sciences; games for the learning disadvantaged; games for occupational choice and training; games for planning and problem solving in government and industry; and the future of serious games. This book was originally published in 1970 by Viking Press.

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