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Peer reviewedBruno, Rachelle M.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1987
The pilot study investigated receptive and expressive humor in students (total N=54) with learning disabilities, mild mental retardation, or no handicap. Among results were that older learning disabled students were more like mildly retarded students than normal peers; and that learning disabled students had more difficulty understanding…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Elementary Secondary Education, Humor
Bruno, Rachelle M.; And Others – Learning Disabilities Focus, 1988
Receptive and expressive humor was investigated in learning-disabled (LD), mildly retarded, and nondisabled students (N=54) from primary (ages 7-10), intermediate (ages 10-13), and middle school (ages 13-16) grades. LD students did not display increased understanding at later ages and had more difficulty with phonological than with lexical or…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Elementary Secondary Education
