A Review of Humor in Educational Settings: Four Decades of Research

The primary goal of this project is to provide a summary of extant research regarding humor in the classroom, with an emphasis on identifying and explaining inconsistencies in research findings and offering new directions for future studies in this area. First, the definitions, functions, and main t...

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Published in:Communication education 2011-01, Vol.60 (1), p.115-144
Main Authors: Banas, John A., Dunbar, Norah, Rodriguez, Dariela, Liu, Shr-Jie
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Classroom Communication
Classroom discussion
Classroom Environment
Classroom Research
Communication Research
Credibility
Educational Testing
Educational Theories
Humor
Incidence
Individual Differences
Instructional Communication
Instructional design
Learning
Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance
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Educational Testing
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Incidence
Individual Differences
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