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Use of Humor in Instruction.

Rutkaus, Michael – Performance and Instruction, 1981

Provides a summary of research on the benefits and uses of subject-matter-related humor in instructional materials, and cites comments of five experts on how to use humor in the design of instruction. Thirteen references are listed. (MER)

Descriptors: Educational Research, Humor, Instructional Design, Instructional Materials

Humor in the Classroom: Implications for the Bibliographic Instruction Librarian.

Peer reviewed

MacAdam, Barbara – College and Research Libraries, 1985

Examination of specific role of humor in college classroom and its effect on learning and communicative climate highlights academic classroom instruction, objectives of academic bibliographic instruction, positive learning environment and bibliographic instruction classroom, prevalence of humor in college classroom, and how classroom humor affects…

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, College Faculty