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Gruner, Charles R.; Freshley, Dwight L. – 1979
College students in nine intact beginning speech classes served as subjects for a study testing the effects of humor on student recall of lecture information. The 156 subjects were exposed to one of three versions of an audiotaped lecture. One version amplified eight points in the subject matter with humorous material; and a third version (the…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Higher Education, Humor, Lecture Method
