For an end-of-the-school-year treat, students brought in gifts for their favorite characters from novels they had read during the year. Suggested lists of characters and books, and ways to organize and run the party, are provided. (JL)

The authors provide guidelines for the development and implementation of role-play simulations used for employee selection and promotion. Exercises are presented to illustrate the development of practical content-valid procedures. Suggestions on developing relevant ideas, working with role players, facilitating raters, and minimizing candidate…

Creative dramatics is advocated as a moral education strategy. Studies examining role playing as an intervention strategy are reviewed. Kohlberg's moral education theory and criticisms of it are discussed. A dramatic example is shared, and steps for implementation are outlined. (Author)

Provides practical suggestions for parents and other caregivers. (Author/MP)

The nature of negotiation, particularly bargaining, is explored, and it is suggested that legal educators use a distributive bargaining simulation as the teaching method. Appropriate materials for such a simulation are offered, followed by an explanation of the development of the simulation. An integrative bargaining simulation is also presented.…

Lecturing to class each meeting is misuse of widely available instructional resources. Describes how to randomly assign a racial and ethnic identity to each student and how to use the community to invigorate an undergraduate race relations class. Concludes that colleges have been too cognitively oriented and that much can be gained by providing…

One approach used to teach a group of six hard-of-hearing and deaf children to solve word problems in addition and subtraction at the first- and second-grade levels is described. (Author/MK)

Discusses the types of materials that should be used in the foreign language classroom to teach students how to communicate in real-life situations. These materials are called "communication tasks." (CFM)

Describes problem-based learning (PBL) as an alternative to internships in Environmental Health Education. Discusses teaching strategies, case study problem set development, and evaluation techniques applicable to PBL. Presents an overview of small group structures for cooperative learning, a list of learning resources, and a flow chart indicating…