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Direct linkLu, Chia-Chen – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2023
The incongruity-resolution model plays a key role in the cognitive mechanisms of perceived humour. This study employed the incongruity-resolution model to discuss humorous design techniques to help design novices and students understand the influence of various humorous design techniques on perceived humour. First, 260 humorous products currently…
Descriptors: Humor, Design, Cognitive Processes, Graduate Students
Fuchigami, Kei; Schrandt, Matthew; Miessler, Gary L. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2016
A hands-on symmetry project is proposed as an innovative way of teaching point groups to undergraduate chemistry students. Traditionally, courses teaching symmetry require students to identify the point group of a given object. This project asks the reverse: students are instructed to identify an object that matches each point group. Doing so…
Descriptors: Creative Teaching, Teaching Methods, Science Instruction, Chemistry
Download full textIstifci, Ilknur – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2017
This study aims at investigating compliment responses of Turkish and Chinese EFL learners by collecting data via a Discourse Completion Test. The participants of the study are Lower-Intermediate and Intermediate Level Chinese and Turkish EFL learners and native English speakers. The first purpose of the study is to compare Turkish and Chinese EFL…
Descriptors: Turkish, Chinese, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Interpersonal Interactions in Instrumental Lessons: Teacher/Student Verbal and Non-Verbal Behaviours
Zhukov, Katie – Psychology of Music, 2013
This study examined verbal and non-verbal teacher/student interpersonal interactions in higher education instrumental music lessons. Twenty-four lessons were videotaped and teacher/student behaviours were analysed using a researcher-designed instrument. The findings indicate predominance of student and teacher joke among the verbal behaviours with…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Music Education, Teacher Student Relationship, Nonverbal Communication
Birnbaum, Matthew G. – Journal of College Student Development, 2013
This empirical study explored the impression management techniques and standardized performances college students use on their Facebook profiles to ensure their peers believe they are fully participating in the undergraduate experience. Employing an ethnographic research design and data collected using participant-observation and interview…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Web Sites, College Students, Peer Relationship
Hackathorn, Jana; Garczynski, Amy M.; Blankmeyer, Katheryn; Tennial, Rachel D.; Solomon, Erin D. – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2011
It has been argued that humor is beneficial in the classroom because it increases social bonding between instructor and student, salience of information, and ultimately recall and retention. The current study sought to add to the literature by empirically testing some assumptions about humor as a pedagogical tool. Specifically, we predicted that…
Descriptors: Humor, Learner Engagement, Attachment Behavior, Classroom Environment
