Results indicated little or no correspondence between self-report scores and behavior in a contrived in vivo setting or between role play and behavior with a sample of college students. Assertion was enhanced in the role play condition, but not in the contrived in vivo condition. (JAC)

A unique theatrical presentation, "Miss Margarida's Way," reveals some interesting characteristics of its audience when it casts them back into a classroom situation. (LH)

The temporary swapping of roles between teacher educators and in-service teachers leads to an increase of professional understanding and to improved teacher preparation programs. (LH)

Emphasizes the importance of the telephone as a tool for reporters and discusses the training of student reporters in use of the telephone. Suggests role play, news stories based on the role play, critiques of the role play, and blind telephone interviews with persons selected at random from the telephone directory. (TJ)

Examines research generated by use of role-playing in counseling. This review is limited to studies assessing the direct use of role-playing within counselor training programs, and to studies that use role-playing in treating special client concerns. Incorporation of role-playing will increase the counselor's repertoire of techniques. (Author/BEF)

Investigates ways of developing self-confidence, self-esteem, and related dominance in counselor education. Shows that, of three conditions tried, a pre-practicum utilizing role playing had the best results. (RL)

The modern sports spectacular contains all the necessary elements of symbolic rite, and the public's behavior patterns during large-scale athletic events dramatically illustrate a ritualistic enactment of social and cultural power struggles via vicarious participation. (LH)

Describes how teachers turned the reality of the nuclear reactor incident at Three Mile Island into a learning experience for children by recreating the sequence of events through creative dramatics. (CM)

Describes a structured role-play session for a university library staff in the context of human relations training. The role play stimulated discussion and a greater awareness of communication barriers. (Author)

This paper speculates on conceptual problems that must be at least partially resolved before empirical or pedagogical studies on the impact of role-playing on children's moral education can be undertaken. (MM)

The effects of demand characteristics on assertive behavior of unassertive undergraduates was investigated and found to increase the amount of assertiveness. It was proposed that high and low role-playing situations be used to diagnose inadequate learning of assertion skills, as opposed to factors inhibiting assertive performance. (NG)

Self-defense is a useful method for correcting stereotyped feelings of submissiveness and dominance for all age groups and both sexes, yet teachers must take into consideration the forms and strengths of these stereotypes at each age level in order to teach effectively. (MB)

Describes a news conference simulation involving students from business communication classes and presentational speaking classes, which is used to prepare business students to "think on their feet" while under stress and facing a potentially hostile audience--conditions that business professionals are apt to encounter. (SR)

Describes a fun game in which students act as electrons, protons, and neutrons. This activity is designed to help students develop a concrete understanding of the abstract concept of atomic structure. (DKM)