Online Stock Market Games for High Schools

by Jane Lopus and Dennis Placone
URL: http://people.clemson.edu/~dlplc/stockmarketgames.htm

Many high school economics teachers use an online stock market simulation o motivate students to use technology productively through learning to navigate educational Web sites and engaging in online research. The game encourages students to follow current events, learn basics of saving and investing, and stimulate interest in economics and how markets function. Many centers and councils for economic education affiliated with the National Council on Economic Education provide teachers with materials and training related to an existing game.

The number of stock market simulations available for high schools students has increased greatly during the past several years. This Web site provides information about these stock market simulations. The Web site contains two tables and accompanying information that evaluate the online stock market games available for high school students in the fall of 1999 that were still functioning in our current review. The first table provides links to the games so that users may investigate the games.

The tables on this Web site show that several online games with desirable features are available for high school students. Although we provide a snapshot of what existed at the time of our reviews, changes can be easily identified by visiting the Web sites of the games listed in the tables.

Jane Lopus is a professor of economics and director of the Center for Economic Education at California State University, Hayward (e-mail: janelopus@csuhayward.edu). Dennis Placone is director of the Center for Economic Education at Clemson University.