Children develop knowledge and insight into history when they act out dramatic events of the past. Creative dramatics serve as an impetus to further reading and research. Suggestions for teacher use in implementing role playing in the classroom are given. (DF)

Discusses a study that evaluated the impact of an interpersonal skills training program designed to enhance the social work behaviors of mentally retarded adults. (JOW)

Describes four types of play training that teachers can use to help children incorporate into their play the elements of role playing, make-believe transformations, social interaction, verbal communication, and persistence. Types of play training include modeling, verbal guidance, thematic-fantasy training, and imaginative play training. Using…

Problem-solving and role-playing can be used successfully even in the second semester of law school, serving as a bridge between traditional analytical and doctrinal education and the more realistic simulation and clinical experiences of the third year. Students can gain sufficient experience to perform proficiently in more advanced courses. (MSE)

Illustrates Rehearsal Demonstration Modules (RDM) using seven situations developed as a workshop for bilingual teachers. The situations describe what teachers, students, and parents really think as well as what they actually say. Each script deals with intercultural communication. (JAC)

Two studies were conducted with a task allowing detailed examination of how information in stimulus arrays is captured in children's descriptions. How children select information and the role of modeling are dealt with. (Author/SB)

The debate over use of self disclosure in the interpersonal communication course is an important issue for all instructors, particularly for those with limited teaching experience. The debate focuses on whether it is ethical and/or practical to encourage students to engage in highly personal self disclosure and the uses of self disclosure as…

Reports on a study to determine the effect of creative drama on the role playing skills of sixth graders. (RB)

Provides a brief sketch on the teaching of creative dramatics in the elementary school and reviews fourteen ERIC documents which deal with this subject. (RB)

This review of the literature explores studies of the techniques used in behavior modification groups, the stages through which a group goes to solve its problems, and the particular tasks of the group worker in helping the group reach its goals. (Author)

This paper describes an attempt, through sociodrama, to improve race relations in a desegregated school in Maryland. (RWP)

By exploring one single administrative agency through simulation of a mock agency, students receive a reasonably accurate view of the administrative process and exercise their written and oral skills in this administrative law course. (Author/PG)