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Yüzbasioglu, Mustafa Kemal; Kurnaz, Mehmet Altan – Journal of Theoretical Educational Science, 2023
The research aimed to determine the opinions of the students and the course teacher with regard to using the comic book prepared in accordance with a context-based scenario as teaching material for the science course. Phenomenology, one of the qualitative research approaches, was used for research purposes. A context-based comic book was used as…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Cartoons, Teaching Methods
Lamminpää, Jaakko; Vesterinen, Veli-Matti – International Journal of Science Education, 2018
Studies show that teachers and students use humour when communicating with each other in a science education context. This study investigates the use of humour during a collaborative inquiry laboratory task on an undergraduate chemistry course and an undergraduate physics course. Seven groups of students working on a collaborative inquiry task…
Descriptors: Humor, Cooperative Learning, Chemistry, Physics
Sheikha Al-Araimi; Abdullah Ambusaidi; Mohammed Selim; Mohammed Al Amri – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2018
This research aimed to examine the impact of caricature drawings in the acquisition of scientific concepts and attitudes of 4th grade students for basic education towards science. The sample of the research consisted of 162 students from4th grade. The results revealed that there were statistically significant differences at (p = 0.001) between the…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Scientific Concepts, Scientific Attitudes, Cartoons
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
Özdemir, Ertugrul – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2017
Comic strips on newspapers, magazines and Internet are one of the most accessible materials that may be used in science classroom as instructional tool. However, it is sometimes difficult to find and adapt appropriate comic strips useful for instructional purposes, because most of them are irrelevant. The purpose of this study is to develop and…
Descriptors: Cartoons, Teaching Methods, Science Instruction, Acoustics
Basarmak, Ugur; Mahiroglu, Ahmet – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2016
The purpose in this study is to examine the effect of "Online Learning Environment based of Caricature Animation" which is prepared for "Human and Environment" and "Sun and Space" units in the secondary school 7th Grade Science and Technology course, on the success and attitude of the students for humor. The…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Virtual Classrooms, Computer Simulation
Kim, Dae Hyun; Jang, Hae Gwon; Shin, Dong Sun; Kim, Sun-Ja; Yoo, Chang Young; Chung, Min Suk – Journal of Education and Learning, 2012
Science comic strips entitled Dr. Scifun were planned to promote science jobs and studies among professionals (scientists, graduate and undergraduate students) and children. To this end, the authors collected intriguing science stories as the basis of scenarios, and drew four-cut comic strips, first on paper and subsequently as computer files.…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Cartoons, Science Instruction, Scientists
Roth, Wolff-Michael; Ritchie, Stephen M.; Hudson, Peter; Mergard, Victoria – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2011
Laughter is a fundamental human phenomenon. Yet there is little educational research on the potential functions of laughter on the enacted (lived) curriculum. In this study, we identify the functions of laughter in a beginning science teacher's classroom throughout her first year of teaching. Our study shows that laughter is more than a gratuitous…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Humor, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods
Anderman, Lynley H.; Andrzejewski, Carey E.; Allen, Jennifer – Teachers College Record, 2011
Background/Context: Despite the importance of students' active engagement for learning, little is known about how teachers create environments that are supportive of students' positive motivational and learning-related beliefs, particularly at the high school level. Furthermore, most of the studies that have described teacher practices in relation…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Observation, Humor, Profiles
Rule, Audrey C.; Sallis, Derek A.; Donaldson, J. Ana – Online Submission, 2008
Elementary school science is an often-neglected subject in the current literacy-focused political atmosphere. However, reading informational trade books about science in literacy class can help children increase their science knowledge. Incorporating humor through content-related cartoons is an effective way to engage students in deeper…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Science, Brainstorming, Instructional Design

Fisher, Martin S. – Science Education, 1997
The effect of humor on retention of information was examined at the planetarium at Ohio's Center of Science and Industry (COSI) in Columbus, OH. Results showed that the visitors who saw a humorous show retained less of the instructional material and scored lower on the test than the visitors who saw a nonhumorous show. (Author/DKM)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Exhibits, Humor, Museums
Weitkamp, Emma; Burnet, Frank – International Journal of Science Education, 2007
"The Chemedian and the Crazy Football Match" is a comic strip developed by the authors to bring humor to aspects of the UK primary science curriculum. The comic strip was tested in six English primary school classes (years 3-5; ages 7-10); over 150 children participated in the project, together with six teachers. Children found the comic…
Descriptors: Cartoons, Science Curriculum, Humor, Foreign Countries