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Wu, Ching-Lin; Chen, Hsueh-Chih – Creativity Research Journal, 2019
Both creativity and humor are high-level cognitive functions and complex concepts. Although creativity and humor are generally deemed positively correlated, it has been difficult to explicitly identify their relationship with each other. The cognitive process of creativity includes divergent thinking, insight, and remote association, whereas humor…
Descriptors: Creativity, Humor, Cognitive Ability, Correlation
Berge, Maria – Research in Science Education, 2017
We all know that they do it, but what do students laugh "about" when learning science together? Although research has shown that students do use humor when they learn science, the role of humor in science education has received little attention. In this study, undergraduate students' laughter during collaborative work in physics has been…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Physics, Humor, Science Instruction
Koc, Hayri; Arslan, Coskun – Online Submission, 2017
In this study university students interpersonal problem solving approaches were investigated in terms of solution focused approach and humor styles. The participants were 773 (542 female and 231 male, between 17-33 years old) university students. To determine the university students' problem solving approaches "Interpersonal Problem Solving…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Humor, Multiple Regression Analysis, Problem Solving
Mullowney, William J.; Santora, Kathleen Curry – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2014
College and university lawyers must be prepared to address legal matters that range from the kinds one might expect to those that are unanticipated, even unbelievable. It's all in a day's work--and there's no such thing as a typical day in the life of a higher education attorney. The complex legal and regulatory issues facing…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Colleges, Lawyers, Legal Problems
Özeke, Vildan; Akçapina, Gökhan – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2016
There are many computer games, learning environments, online tutoring systems or computerized tools which keeps the track of the user while learning or engaging in the activities. This paper presents results from an exploratory study and aims to group students regarding their behavior data while solving the Einstein's riddle. 45 undergraduate…
Descriptors: Puzzles, Educational Games, Humor, Foreign Countries
Sunaoka, Kazuko – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2018
The focus of this research is on an international distance discussion class carried out in Chinese between university students in Japan, China and Taiwan using videoconferencing. Smiling was used as an interactional index in an analysis of the archival footage of the recordings of the discussion between native speakers (NS) of Chinese and…
Descriptors: Chinese, Distance Education, Native Speakers, Second Language Learning
Skalicky, Stephen; Crossley, Scott A.; McNamara, Danielle S.; Muldner, Kasia – Creativity Research Journal, 2017
Creativity is commonly assessed using divergent thinking tasks, which measure the fluency, flexibility, originality, and elaboration of participant output on a variety of different tasks. This study assesses the degree to which creativity can be identified based on linguistic features of participants' language while completing collaborative…
Descriptors: Creativity, Creative Thinking, Problem Solving, Linguistics
Meniado, Joel C. – English Language Teaching, 2016
Metacognitive reading strategies and reading motivation play a significant role in enhancing reading comprehension. In an attempt to prove the foregoing claim in a context where there is no strong culture for reading, this study tries to find out if there is indeed a relationship between and among metacognitive reading strategies, reading…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Reading Strategies, Problem Solving, Reading Motivation
Whittaker, Alexandra L.; Howarth, Gordon S.; Lymn, Kerry A. – Educational Media International, 2014
There has been widespread comment on the use and impact of Web 2.0 technologies in education. Given the use of such technologies, particularly social networking sites such as Facebook amongst the student body, it would be remiss of educators to not consider their use as part of a pedagogical strategy. This paper provides a preliminary…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Undergraduate Students, Undergraduate Study, Animal Husbandry
Lawrence, A. S. Arul; Xavier, S. Amaladoss – Online Submission, 2013
Edward de Bono who invented the term "lateral thinking" in 1967 is the pioneer of lateral thinking. Lateral thinking is concerned with the generation of new ideas. Liberation from old ideas and the stimulation of new ones are twin aspects of lateral thinking. Lateral thinking is a creative skills from which all people can benefit…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Teachers, Creative Thinking, Thinking Skills
Nordstrom, Katrina; Korpelainen, Paivi – Teaching in Higher Education, 2011
Problem solving is a critical skill for engineering students and essential to development of creativity and innovativeness. Essential to such learning is an ease of communication and allowing students to address the issues at hand via the terminology, attitudes, humor and empathy, which is inherent to their frame of mind as novices, without the…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Video Technology, Engineering Education, Creativity
Pavlekovic, Margita, Ed.; Kolar-Begovic, Zdenka, Ed.; Kolar-Super, Ruzica, Ed. – Online Submission, 2013
The universities and faculties which educate teachers of mathematics for teaching pupils/students of any age group from pre-school age to higher education carefully monitor and compare valuable results of this research, detect the areas in which the mathematical achievements of pupils should be improved at the national level and propose the ways…
Descriptors: Operations Research, Geometric Concepts, Foreign Countries, Mathematics Instruction