Title: The Tortoise and the Hare
Overall Rating:
B+
Source: Broderbund
Playing Time: no time limit
Date: 1993
Cost: $19.95 (https://store1-4.broderbund.com/products/frames.html?section43)
Click on "Living Books" and then "Tortoise and the Hare"
Number of Players: 1
Special Equipment/Facilities Needed: CD-Rom
Subject Area:reading, language art, writing
Objectives: to give children a sense
of the imaginative experience in reading.
Brief Description: kids listen to the
story,they can switch between reading and playing options.
Entry Capabilities Required: an adult supervision
is needed
Rating: (1-5)
Relevance to objectives: 4 (Does what
it says it is going to do)
Provides practice of relevant skills:
4 the kids can listen to the story many times
Likely to arouse/maintain interest: 3
(it is cute)
Likely to be comprehended clearly: 5 (Easy
to understand)
Technical quality (durable, attractive): 4
(Nice Grahpics)
Game: Winning dependent on player actions (rather
than chance): 5 ( no wining involved)
Simulation: Validity of game model (realistic,
accurate depiction): 4 ( not realistic-animals
do not talk, but it is cute)
Evidence of effectiveness (e.g. field-test results):
4
Clear directions for play:
3 (Took me a while to figure out what to do!)
Effectiveness of debriefing2
Strong Points: a nice
story
Weak Points:
Reviewer: Michal Ayalon
Position: student
Date: 3.31.1998
Computer System Reviewed on: Macintosh
PowerPC 6500/250, 32mb ram.
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