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Moriah Omer-Attali; Adam Lefstein; Hadar Netz – Language and Education, 2025
While once forbidden in classrooms, laughter is increasingly encouraged as contributing to a positive learning environment. However, analyses of laughter in conversation show that laughter performs multiple social functions, some of which are not necessarily positive. Applying this lens, this study investigates the interactional functions of…
Descriptors: Humor, Elementary School Students, Student Behavior, Behavior Standards
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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
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Csíkos, Csaba; Biró, Fanni; Szitányi, Judit – International Journal of Instruction, 2022
In this research we aim to reproduce and extend the positive results about the effect of humor in solving mathematical word problems. We examined whether solving humorous word problems has some effect on either word problems demanding realistic consideration or word problems of the well-known routine type. Fifth- and sixth-grade students (N=1,153)…
Descriptors: Word Problems (Mathematics), Humor, Grade 5, Grade 6
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Rochelle Yi Hsuan Yang – Educational Research and Development Journal, 2024
The integration of augmented reality (AR) into children's literature has transformed traditional reading experiences, creating immersive and interactive environments that engage young readers. This study examines the creative methods of comic language within AR children's books, positing that the combination of humor and visual storytelling can…
Descriptors: Humor, Creativity, Language Usage, Books
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Çarkit, Cafer; Canalici, Meryem – Psycho-Educational Research Reviews, 2021
This research aims to determine the use of humor in Turkish classes in secondary schools. To this end, firstly, the humorous elements in the Turkish textbooks were examined, and then Turkish teachers' views on these elements and their views and classroom practices regarding the use of humor in their classes were determined. The study was designed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods
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Demir, Serkan; Konik, Ayça – Shanlax International Journal of Education, 2021
This research aimed to establish the relationship between the social exclusion perceived by gifted and talented students and their sense of humor. Besides, the goal was to evaluate the relationship between the variables of the use of humor, the process of coping through a sense of humor, and the appreciating humor in cases of ignoring and avoiding…
Descriptors: Correlation, Humor, Social Isolation, Rejection (Psychology)
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Simmons, Catharine Ann – Ethnography and Education, 2014
This article explores how ethnography allows for an understanding of the way children are empowered through the use of popular culture during sociodramatic play. The study discussed was conducted in an inner-city Primary school in regional New South Wales, Australia. The participants were a composite fifth-to-sixth grade class, and the research…
Descriptors: Popular Culture, Drama, Humor, Teaching Methods