Using the Stock Market Game in the Social Studies Classroom.

Cox, Allen C.

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ERIC Number: EJ557566

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1997

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Using the Stock Market Game in the Social Studies Classroom.

Cox, Allen C.

Social Education, v61 n6 p347-50 Oct 1997

Describes an educational game designed to help students (fourth grade through adult) understand how financial markets work within the free enterprise system and how the basic economic principles impact the stock market. Discusses the paper and Internet versions of the game and provides some teaching guidelines. (MJP)

Descriptors: Business Cycles, Computer Uses in Education, Economics, Economics Education, Educational Games, Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Services, Internet, Investment, Learning Activities, Money Management, Ownership, Simulation, Social Studies

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Learner; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles

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Audience: Practitioners; Teachers

Language: English

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