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Direct linkBolkan, San; Griffin, Darrin J. – Communication Education, 2018
In this study, we investigated how various teaching behaviors influence student interest as a situational variable. Specifically, we studied how behaviors related to "catch" interest (i.e., ephemeral aspects of the learning environment such as instructor humor, nonverbal immediacy, intellectual stimulation) and "hold" interest…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Student Interests, Classroom Environment, Student Empowerment
Banas, John A.; Dunbar, Norah; Rodriguez, Dariela; Liu, Shr-Jie – Communication Education, 2011
The primary goal of this project is to provide a summary of extant research regarding humor in the classroom, with an emphasis on identifying and explaining inconsistencies in research findings and offering new directions for future studies in this area. First, the definitions, functions, and main theories of humor are reviewed. Next, the paper…
Descriptors: Humor, Classroom Communication, Communication Research, Classroom Research
