Judges rating role-played responses to standardized interpersonal situations rated depressed and nondepressed psychiatric inpatients as having significant problems in social skills compared to normals, with no differences between patient groups. Subjects' self-ratings suggested that depressives and other psychiatirc groups may differ in…

Describes several strategies designed to increase audience participation in role play and simulation activities in the foreign language classroom, including audience feedback, role switching, voting, instant replay, cultural discussion, audience direction, press conference, and class soap opera. These strategies make the role play more productive…

A videotape-administered role play test of positive and negative assertion--the Behavioral Test of Interpersonal Competence for Children--was administered to 17 emotionally disturbed and 17 nondisturbed boys ages 9-11. Content of responses to positive, negative, and combined assertion scenes as well as incidence of inappropriate assertion on the…

Sixteen socially isolated fifth graders with low peer acceptance who participated in a rehearsal/modeling social skills training group scored significantly higher on the Role Play Test than Ss in a control group (coaching/discussion). The benefits of peer modeling and behavioral rehearsal were suggested. (Author/CL)

A curriculum unit on conferencing and communicating with parents of handicapped children featured simulation activities to promote an understanding of parents' feelings. Evaluation of the activity indicated that simulation did involve participants in the choices and difficulties facing parents. (CL)

Presents an anthropology simulation game in which students learn that a social issue is viewed differently by different segments of any population and issues are more complex than simply "right" or "wrong." The game focuses on the case of development, with students playing the roles of indigenous peoples, big business, entrepreneurs, and…

Examines the effects of liking and knowing on self-disclosure using both self-report and observational measures, obtains separate measures of personal and impersonal self-disclosure, and assesses the utility of the role-playing paradigm for revealing orderly relationships among self-disclosure variables. (Author/RK)

Pupils who are far along in their speaking vocabularies tend to do well in reading. This paper includes numerous speaking activities that bolster pupils' oral communication: the including use of puppets, role playing, committee endeavors, oral reports, oral reading, extemporaneous speaking, and giving directions. Additional experiences for pupils…

Intended for secondary students, this curriculum unit (in both English and Spanish) provides a look into Mexico's second largest industry, tourism. The curriculum unit of four lessons includes general information about tourism, maps, stories, and a code of behavior for travelers. The unit enumerates learner objectives, defines vocabulary and…

Results indicated that several significant main and interaction effects emerged on social interactions criteria for structured learning therapy. Interaction effects for structured learning therapy and psychotherapy suggested primarily a mutual inhibition'' of treatment effectiveness. The implications of these findings for further studies of…

Describes an inservice teacher education workshop using local history for reading instruction. (RB)

A simulation of the U.S. Supreme Court procedures and activities, designed to maximize gains in the areas of teaching, research, prediction, and motivation, is described. Instructions given for implementing the Temple University model in the classroom include suggested variations for particular situations. (SM)

Role playing as a tool for counselors is discussed in terms of rationale and technical use. (BY)