Although role-playing is an effective way to create the atmosphere of "real" business situations, technical writing teachers should continue to concentrate primarily on student writing problems and the development of such composition skills as brevity and audience awareness. (RL)

The Nevada State School and Hospital has begun a program in social dramatics aimed at bringing retarded adults into social responsibility. (Author)

Presents basic information for teachers about how to use role-play, dramatic play, and simulations in the elementary social studies classroom. Explains how to proceed through the introduction or warm-up, the activity itself, and the follow-up evaluation. (AV)

Suggests that character and personality profiles can heighten student interest in history. Provides an outline for writing a report on an historical personality and recommends activities which involve students in simulation and creative writing. (Author/DB)

Results of this study demonstrate that a multiple-problem-focused workshop can be successful in dealing with a wide range of social assertion problems. (MM)

A model workshop for training campus personnel in crisis intervention skills is described. This workshop combined theoretical presentations with interventions in crises simulated by student actors and actresses. The crisis interventions were videotaped and processed. Problems and issues that arose are discussed. (Author)

Describes an outdoor food web simulation in which 14 students role play different animals in an ecosystem. Procedures are given and sample task cards included. (MA)

Simulation game that involves high school or college students in developing a 5-year economic plan for a newly independent third world country. Role playing the members of a revolutionary junta, students weigh individual benefits against national and group benefits. Game involves one or more cycles of strategy formulation, open debate, and voting.…

The author describes four kinds of ancillary instructional materials and how they may be used in the business education classroom: practice sets for various business skills; programmed materials; single-station simulations (role playing); and full-scale simulations (model office or corporation). (MF)

Means of achieving acceptable television pictures in using closed circuit television for management training are presented. Various production techniques for both video and audio and their operation are described. (MF)

The author suggests the use of simulation and role playing as a method of motivating students in business math. Examples of career-oriented business math simulation games are counting change, banking, payrolls, selling, and shopping. (MF)

Research on procedural justice has suggested that the distribution of control among participants can be used to classify dispute-resolution procedures and may be an important determinant of preference for such procedures. This experiment demonstrates that control can be meaningfully divided into two components: control over the presentation of…

Discusses the current state of research in experiential learning and looks at its future as a training method for communication skills in business and education. (MH)

Discusses the teacher's responsibilities in role-playing situations in consumer education; identifies four different kinds of simulations; and suggests six topics for role-playing about consumer issues. (AV)

This article documents an attempt to treat severe social incompetence of selected male college students through the use of behavioral rehearsal and social learning approaches, designed to curtail social anxiety. (MB)