This study examjned whether the use of role − playing was effective or not for lessons in Consumer Education in a junior high schooL In a junior high school in Yamaguchi prefecture , 154 students in the first grade were divided into experimental and controlled groups , and experimental lessons were given by use of role − playing。 Results are as follows: 1 Lessons using role − playing improved students ' understanding in the case of contract leaming better than the lessons without them . 2 Role

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... playing was effective not after a week but after a month has passed . Keywords : 消 費者教 育 ( consumer education ) , ロ ー ル ・ プ レ イ ン グ ( role − playing) ,授業研 究 ( research on teaching ) ,中学校 ( junior high schoo1 )