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Peer reviewedSchacht, Steven; Stewart, Brad J. – Teaching Sociology, 1990
Studied the use of humorous cartoons to reduce the anxiety levels of students in statistics classes. Used the Mathematics Anxiety Rating Scale (MARS) to measure the level of student anxiety before and after a statistics course. Found that there was a significant reduction in levels of mathematics anxiety after the course. (SLM)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Cartoons, Educational Research, Higher Education
Download full textSnetsinger, Wendy; Grabowski, Barbara – 1994
This research experiment studied the effect of humor versus non-humor on learning and retention of a computer-based instructional (CBI) lesson on tick identification. The experiment also surveyed the subjects' enjoyment of the lesson material, their personal experiences with ticks, and their concerns about ticks and tick-borne diseases.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Higher Education, Humor, Intermode Differences
