THE EFFECTIVENESS OF DISCUSSION AND ROLE PLAYING INSTRUCTION ON IMPROVING ASSERTIVENESS IN SECOND GRADE GUIDANCE STUDENTS

This research was conducted to compare the effectiveness of discussion and role playing instructional methods on improving assertiveness in second grade guidance students. Participants were 68 students (34 boys and 34 girls) who were randomly selected by multiple stages sampling method and were asked to complete assertiveness questionnaire in pre test and post test at A 2 group experimental design. Four training sessions of 1.5h duration were given weekly. Dependent and independent T-tests were used for data analysis. Results showed that both discussion and role playing methods had a positive effect on assertiveness in students, but the difference between them (instructional methods) was not significant. It seems that cognitive and affective processes and therefore, assertiveness can be improved by group discussion and role playing.