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Creative Games sans Violence?

Posted by Cliff on from the engaging-the-intellect dept.

jolyon_jnr asks: "I'm looking for games to use in an unusual educational setting: a school within a Juvenile Detention Centre. I don't set policy, so the 'no violence' is a fixed criteria. I want to engage students' creativity and problem solving skills, without using 'boring educational software'. I've thought of Lemmings and The Incredible Machine. What other suggestions can you offer? Please bear in mind that most students have very low literacy levels, but will learn if motivated sufficiently."

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  1. go back to yesterday by jeffy124 · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    Teach 'em Java: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/09/09/156200

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    1. Re:go back to yesterday by Mister+Black · · Score: 3, Offtopic

      Teach 'em Java

      The US Constitution expicitly prohibits "cruel and unusual punishment". I would expect other countries to have the same sort of provisions.

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  2. Re:Old board games: by TheTomcat · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    That's ridiculously skewed.
    Of course they generally did better.

    A better money-wasting "study" would've been "students who do better on tests and get better grades are more likely to be on the chess team."

    *eyebrow furrow*
    "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies, and statistics."
    -Benjamin Disraeli

    (yeah, sorry.. offtopic. I'm not putting down chess. It definitely teaches problem solving skills.. I have a pet peeve with skewed stats.. /me clicks "No Score +1 Bonus")