Described is one technique, referred to as "playing it right," to aid the therapist in the treatment of borderline children. "Playing it right" is based on the introduction of reality rules into the fantasy world of the borderline child. (CS)

A mock trial activity reflects the actual practice of plea bargaining which is used to reduce the heavy load of cases in the courts. (Author/KM)

In this exercise students examine data on the racial distribution within the thirteen junior high schools of Fresno. Then upon discovering evidence of de facto segregation, students research, discuss, and present plans for desegregating the city junior high schools. (Author)

Simulation, gaming, and role playing are becoming popular in secondary schools throughout the country. The authors, a special interest group at the University of Kentucky, attempt to clarify the differences among these activities to help administrators and teachers understand what is involved in each. (Editor/CB)

It is the educator's responsibility to see that children are given opportunities to experience some of the aspect of play'' afforded by studying some drama or theater arts. (Author/JB)

Teacher poses as visiting celebrity and is interviewed by her 6th Grade Language Arts Class as the beginning of a feature news story writing assignment. (GB)

Simulating the past through role playing is not necessarily new in or classrooms, but the daily practice of recognizing the emotions of the past as a guide for living is a most useful approach to a very old problem of knowing thy self. (Author)

Paper tests effects of audience feedback on speaker attitudes; subjects who received sincere feedback showed greater change in the direction of their speech than did those who received insincere feedback. (Author)

Suggested activities to sharpen a child's observation, listening, and other sensory skills and increase body awareness and control'' (Author)

Two experiments are presented on the planning of ideal towns by undergraduates. The basic approach involved a modified map-sketching technique in which subjects placed sixteen town elements into two-dimensional physical environments. Results were analyzed by information theory, cluster analysis, and multidimensional scaling. (BL)

Role playing and human relations training are two vital means of producing activities which will make the educational process in the public schools more attuned to the social needs of society. (Author)

Data from a role playing experiment are interpreted to signify that positive reinforcements for refraining from smoking might be more successful than aversive controls in changing smoking behavior. It was proposed that cutting down by eliminating undesired cigarettes might strengthen rather than weaken smoking, since its rewards are if anything,…

Students debating in a controversial scientific issue were asked to defend the position opposite to that which they initially held. The technique produced much student involvement and exposed students to the professional literature. (AL)

Describes approach, developed at Kent State University, using counseling dyads and tetrads of students in the course. No role reversal was allowed within a dyad. Students feel they had a chance to relate real concerns as well as to try out individual styles. (Author/CJ)