Software Reviews : The Congressional Bill Simulator Reviewed by: Stan Ricketts,Baptist College at Charleston Publisher: Focus Media,Inc.,839 Stewart Avenue,P.O. Box 865,Garden City,NY 11530 (telephone: [phone]) Year of Publication: 1985 Materials: Disk,backup disk,manual Price: $148.00 Machine Specificity: Apple IIe System Requirements: 64K Apple IIe,1 disk drive Effectiveness: Excellent User-Friendliness: Excellent Documentation: Good

Abstract

Summary: THE CONGRESSIONAL BILL SIMULATOR is a well designed simulation of the legislative process. It is applicable to any subject area where the legislative process is being taught. The package can serve a wide range of students from varying academic and cultural achievement levels. It is user-friendly and basically well documented. THE CONGRESSIONAL BILL SIMULATOR provides that necessary "personal" touch that motivates students to attain greater levels of understanding through experience.