Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Role-Play



1. What isRole-Play (RP)?
2. Why use RP in teaching and learning mathematics?
3. Role-playing other situations that involve mathematics
4. RP with links across the curriculum
5. Television and films as a stimulus for RP
6. Use of technology to create the environment for RP
7. RP involving teams including taking on a specific role






What is Role-play?

Role-playing refers to the changing of one's behavior to assume a role, either unconsciously to fill a social role, or consciously to act out an adopted role. While the Oxford English Dictionary defines roleplaying as "the changing of one's behavior to fulfill a social role",[1] the term is used more loosely in three senses:

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