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Peer reviewedSylvia, William M. – School Counselor, 1975
This article includes the script for a playlet which may be used as a group counseling model or as an adjunct to individual consulting. Discussion questions are also included. (Author/HMV)
Descriptors: Counseling, Dramatic Play, Group Dynamics, Junior High Schools
Peer reviewedRobinson, Lillian – Mental Retardation, 1970
Descriptors: Adolescents, Dramatic Play, Exceptional Child Education, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedBugeja, Michael J. – Journalism Educator, 1985
Explores the benefits and hazards of staging simulated news incidents in the classroom to teach journalism students the need to maintain a professional stance at all times. (HTH)
Descriptors: Dramatic Play, Higher Education, Journalism Education, News Reporting
Peer reviewedSilver, Renee; Avery, Anne – English Quarterly, 1972
Descriptors: Creative Dramatics, Dramatic Play, Educational Experiments, Primary Education
Peer reviewedLambert, Robert G. – English Journal, 1971
Three new approaches--one from theater, one from humanistic psychology, and one from the art world--promise different ways of handling English teaching. (Author)
Descriptors: Dramatic Play, English Instruction, Multimedia Instruction, Role Playing
Peer reviewedMarbach, Ellen S.; Yawkey, Thomas Daniels – Education, 1980
Role-playing in nutrition has many advantages as an educational technique, including building thoughts, facilitating flexible thinking, promoting awareness, and providing opportunities for practicing food-related behavior. The Curry and Arnaud model for role play is presented in terms of its components and how each component relates to nutrition…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Dramatic Play, Models, Nutrition Instruction
Peer reviewedHildreth, David P.; Matthews, Catherine E.; Hess, Laurenne; Settle, Ron – Science Activities, 2001
Uses a theatrical approach to implement dramatization into science classrooms. Explains how to use dramatic science in and outside of the classroom with different scenarios. (YDS)
Descriptors: Dramatic Play, Elementary Secondary Education, Role Playing, Science Activities
Download full textAntkoviak, Bernadette M. – 1972
This study investigated the effect of play-like behavior on the learning of elementary arithmetic. Kindergarten children from one school were pretested on addition and subtraction of the numbers zero through five; and eight groups of five subjects were randomly selected from those scoring below the mean. These groups were then randomly assigned to…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Dramatic Play, Educational Media, Elementary School Mathematics
Peer reviewedMoore, Betty Jean – Language Arts, 1975
Individual short stories are to encourage role playing are presented.
Descriptors: Dramatic Play, Elementary Education, Fiction, Resource Materials
Peer reviewedQuisenberry, Nancy – Language Arts, 1975
Descriptors: Creative Dramatics, Disadvantaged, Dramatic Play, Early Childhood Education
Rolfe, Bari – Quart J Speech, 1969
Discusses mime, masks, improvisation, body training, and choral dynamics as techniques for improving actors' body movements. (RD)
Descriptors: Acting, Characterization, Dramatic Play, Dramatics
Peer reviewedLovinger, Sophie L. – Psychology in the Schools, 1974
Two major questions were explored by this study: "Will the use of socio-dramatic play increase the use of language?" and, "Will the use of language in fantasy play transfer to a cognitive task?" Results affirmatively answer these questions. (Author)
Descriptors: Child Development Centers, Disadvantaged Youth, Dramatic Play, Fantasy
Peer reviewedDodge, Mary K.; Frost, Joe L. – Childhood Education, 1986
Describes an exploratory study in which alternative dramatic play areas are compared among older preschoolers. Twelve children, grouped into same-sex pairs (55 to 67 months old), were observed in various playroom environments. Results indicate that theme specific settings stimulated dramatic play while neutral areas encouraged personal fantasy…
Descriptors: Dramatic Play, Early Childhood Education, Educational Facilities, Manipulative Materials
Peer reviewedMyers, Jeanette – Language Arts, 1976
Dramatic play and role playing are two techniques that can be used to help children understand their feelings about death. (JH)
Descriptors: Bibliotherapy, Childrens Literature, Death, Drama
Peer reviewedPaley, Vivian – School Review, 1973
Author describes how little girls today take the same feminine'' roles their mothers took twenty years ago. (Editor)
Descriptors: Child Role, Dramatic Play, Kindergarten Children, Parent Child Relationship
