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Harmon, Sandra D.; Riney-Kehrberg, Pamela; Westbury, Susan – History Teacher, 1999
Describes the production of a readers' theater version of the first women's rights convention held at Seneca Falls, New York (includes script). Discusses the benefits of readers' theater for studying women's history and encouraging female student class participation; strategies for using readers' theater; and students creating their own readers'…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Females, Higher Education, History Instruction

Kim, Young-Tae; Yang, Yun-Sun; Hwang, Bogseon – Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 2001
A study investigated generalization effects of script-based intervention in increasing semantic relation skills among four Korean preschoolers with language disorders. The script-based intervention was effective at increasing all participants' use of semantic relation skills and generalizing the acquired semantic relation skills across non-trained…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Early Intervention, Foreign Countries, Generalization

Neeley, Phyllis Miles; Neeley, Richard A.; Justen, Joseph E., III; Tipton-Sumner, Carla – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2001
Investigated feasibility of teaching socio-dramatic play through the use of a verbal script to increase sophistication of free play behavior in preschoolers with developmental disabilities. Found support for the clinical utility of scripted play as a teaching strategy for such children. (SD)
Descriptors: Child Development, Developmental Disabilities, Disabilities, Dramatic Play

Barchers, Suzanne I. – Knowledge Quest, 2001
Readers' Theatre is a presentation by two or more participants who read a script. The focus is on effective reading of the script, rather than on a memorized presentation. Discusses preparing the scripts; getting started; the Readers' Theatre Fable Festival; and how Readers' Theatre can be used to enhance the reading and writing program. Includes…
Descriptors: Creative Dramatics, Instructional Innovation, Oral Interpretation, Readers Theater
Barlow, Dudley – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2005
In this article, the author deals with a screenplay adaptation assignment that he gave to his students. The purpose is to make readers out of some students who don't like to read, and to teach them something about film as an art form. He starts with a film entitled, "Ernest Hemingway's Soldier's Home." He used it because of the technical…
Descriptors: Literature, English Instruction, Films, Scripts
Conrad, Diane – Research in Drama Education, 2005
Concern over students deemed "at-risk" constructs youth as deficient and deviant without considering the experiences of youth themselves. My interest in "at-risk" grows out of my previous work with youth, in various drama education contexts and the fact that youth have told me they found the label offensive. My research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Areas, Discourse Analysis, Scripts
Kindelan, Nancy – Liberal Education, 2004
At a time when college administrators, faculties, and parents are debating the purpose and value of higher education, the rising cost of a baccalaureate degree, and the role education plays in the twenty-first century, a major in theatre, theatre studies courses, and theatre activities have not received much interest. It is not uncommon to hear,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Dramatics, Theater Arts, General Education
Schleicher, Sabrina Starling; Gilbert, Lucia Albino – Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, 2005
We investigated the extent to which contemporary dating practices are characterized by traditional sexual scripts, such as the double standard, and emerging scripts of female sexual desire and male sexual integrity. One hundred sixty-two upper-division college students responded to measures about dating under two instructional conditions, one…
Descriptors: College Students, Integrity, Dating (Social), Psychotherapy
Nystrand, Martin – Research in the Teaching of English, 2006
In the current research climate favoring rigorous experimental studies of instructional scripts using randomly chosen treatment and control groups, education and literacy researchers and policy makers will do well to take stock of their current research base and assess critical issues in this new context. This review of research on classroom…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Educational Objectives, Discussion, Classroom Communication
Grace, Heather J. – 1995
This paper discusses how the topic of homelessness was explored for a course through research and a final project which consisted of a performance of personal narratives. The paper: (1) recounts how the script was created; (2) describes and shows the actual reproduction of the script; (3) presents a brief analysis of the script; and (4) describes…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Economically Disadvantaged, Higher Education, Homeless People
Reppert, James E. – 1993
This paper contains materials which were developed in a course at Southern Arkansas University (SAU) designated as Broadcasting 4003, Advanced Electronic News Gathering. The paper lists the names of the course participants and states that the course is designed to give junior and senior broadcasting majors assignments which will prepare them for…
Descriptors: Broadcast Journalism, Higher Education, Majors (Students), News Media
Wilson, Brent; Smith, Steven D. – 1994
This script, which portrays a discussion by a five-person committee about whether to grant tenure to a faculty member, is a vehicle for discussing the meanings of scholarship and standards, the nature of truth and realism, and the constructivist view of learning. The argument about the quality of the faculty member's scholarship leads into a…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Constructivism (Learning), Decision Making, Definitions
Delgado, Ramon – 1984
The skills of playwriting are correctable, the craft of playwriting is teachable, and the art of playwriting is encourageable. In the area of craft, students can learn through models how accomplished playwrights deal with plot, characterization, dialogue, and theme. For the first element, plot development, students can look at written models to…
Descriptors: Characterization, Drama, Higher Education, Language Styles
Swanson, Charlene C. – 1988
Intended for elementary school teachers, this short pamphlet describes the processes involved in executing a readers' theater. Much easier to implement than dramatic performances, reader's theater is seen as part theater and part oral interpretation. As outlined in the pamphlet, the procedures for implementing readers' theater in the classroom…
Descriptors: Creative Dramatics, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Literature Appreciation
Sather, Ruth – 1982
This guide outlines a program to familiarize elementary students with microcomputer operations, the widespread use of computers, and the computer's capabilities and limitations. The first section presents objectives, learning activities, and evaluation methods for six content areas: (1) What is a computer? (2) How do computers work? (3) Student…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Behavioral Objectives, Computer Literacy, Computer Programs