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ERIC Number: EJ382609
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Miss Nelson, Knock-Knocks & Nonsense: Connecting through Humor.
Shaeffer, Margaret B.; Hopkins, Dee
Childhood Education, v65 n2 p88-93 Win 1988
Discusses humor development in children and other factors that influence children's interpretation and enjoyment of literary humor. These factors include the child's cognitive and linguistic stage of development, the object of humor, sex differences, and past experiences. (BB)
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Development, Early Childhood Education, Early Experience, Humor, Language Acquisition, Literary Devices, Literature, Reading Materials, Sex Differences
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Childrens Responses