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Peer reviewedDuffelmeyer, Frederick A. – Journal of Reading, 1980
Reports that an approach in which college students enacted skits developed around vocabulary words proved more effective than a traditional approach to teaching vocabulary. (MKM)
Descriptors: Drama, Experiential Learning, Higher Education, Reading Research
Peer reviewedLehman, Galen R.; Geller, E. Scott – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1990
Practicing safety belt use and presenting a skit about it were found to nearly double the rate of belt use among six kindergarten participants who had been inconsistent belt users. Eleven older children and parents of the kindergartners, who watched the play, also increased and subsequently maintained safety belt use. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Outcomes of Education, Parents, Primary Education
