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Kenyon, Patricia; Daly, Kimberly – Perspectives in Education and Deafness, 1991
A study evaluated the effectiveness of video instruction in teaching the meanings and uses of idioms to 20 deaf adolescents. Students improved their knowledge and use of idioms more when exposed to the video/discussion approach than to the lecture/discussion approach. (DB)
Descriptors: Comprehension, Deafness, Group Discussion, Idioms

Gremmen, Hans; Potters, Jan – Journal of Economic Education, 1997
Presents the results of a study that measured the efficacy of an international economics simulation among undergraduates. The simulation consisted of a macroeconomics game where students develop economic policies for four hypothetical countries. A multiple choice test and posttest questionnaire suggests that classroom games are more effective than…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Economics Education, Educational Games, Fundamental Concepts