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ERIC Number: EJ380337
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Humor in the Classroom: Considerations and Strategies.
Korobkin, Debra
College Teaching, v36 n4 p154-58 Fall 1988
Shared laughter is a powerful way to reinforce learning, and it helps to make tasks less laborious and threatening. Humor, retention, anxiety; engaging in spontaneous and planned humor; concerns about humor use; and personal humor growth and integration with instruction are discussed. (MLW)
Descriptors: Anxiety, College Faculty, College Instruction, College Students, Educational Environment, Higher Education, Humor, Research, Retention (Psychology), Teacher Student Relationship, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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