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Direct linkBolkan, San; Goodboy, Alan K. – Communication Education, 2015
Instructors' use of humor is generally a positive influence on student outcomes. However, examinations of humor have found that specific types of messages may not impact, or may even reverse, its positive effect. Instructional humor processing theory (IHPT) has been used to explain how humor impacts student learning. The current study sought to…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Humor, Educational Theories, Predictor Variables
Claus, Christopher J.; Booth-Butterfield, Melanie; Chory, Rebecca M. – Communication Education, 2012
Using rhetorical/relational goal theory as a guiding frame, we examined relationships between instructor misbehaviors (i.e., indolence, incompetence, and offensiveness) and the likelihood of students communicating antisocial behavioral alteration techniques (BATs). More specifically, the study focused on whether students' perceptions of instructor…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Student Attitudes, Interpersonal Attraction, Humor
