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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
John T. Hackworth – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2024
The purpose of this article is to show that health and physical education (HPE) teachers who implement humor in the classroom intentionally create a more relaxed classroom environment, build stronger relationships with students, and engage students in the learning process. Humor used as an instructional strategy eases teacher stress and engages…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers, Teaching Methods, Humor
Ioannis Ch. Konstantinou; Angeliki C. Tsatsouli; Stamatoula G. Logotheti – Open Journal for Educational Research, 2023
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the opinions of primary school and high school students regarding the role of humor as a practice in the management of educational communication on the part of the teacher. More specifically, it is investigated whether and to what extent humor affects the students' behavior towards the teacher, the…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Humor, Elementary School Students, High School Students
Koç, Tuncay – Pedagogies: An International Journal, 2023
Using Conversation Analysis, this article explores the ways in which teasing is employed as an interactional tool to respond to learner-initiated departures in videotaped adult English as Foreign Language classrooms. The analysis focuses on the moments of classroom interaction where student contributions and behaviours initiate shifts from the…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Student Behavior
Asilioglu, Bayram – International Education Studies, 2021
A teacher should have adaptive humor styles as well as knowledge, skills and attitudes about their profession. Humor styles affect many behaviors; from the relationships that teachers establish with their students to their characteristics. For this reason, this research was carried out to determine the humor styles of teacher candidates. 491…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Characteristics, Humor, Teaching Styles
Spörk, Angelo; Martinuzzi, André; Findler, Florian; Vogel-Pöschl, Heike – Environmental Education Research, 2023
Humor has received increasing attention in environmental educational research in recent years as it can have a variety of positive effects on learning atmosphere, outcomes, and student-educator relationships. In most cases, humor is used by educators while students act as consumers. However, this does not exploit the full potential of humor for…
Descriptors: Humor, Comedy, Scripts, Environmental Education
Kim, Sol – English Teaching, 2021
The use of humor has been a controversial research topic in language classrooms. Humor is pervasive; however, the functions of humor in primary English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) classrooms is under-investigated. To analyze the distinct features of humor, this study explores the specific functions of humor in primary English teaching classrooms…
Descriptors: Humor, Elementary School Students, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Sarah L. Buglass; Loren Abell; Lucy R. Betts; Rowena Hill; Jessica Saunders – International Journal of Bullying Prevention, 2021
Banter, a form of social communication, is perceived to enhance social cohesion between friends in online and offline contexts. A fine line between banter and bullying behaviours exists however, with some instances of banter perceived as bullying, cyberbullying, and relational aggression. Two qualitative studies explored university students'…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Bullying, Social Characteristics, Undergraduate Students
Mathew, Shalini – Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal, 2020
Adolescents with specific learning disabilities face more challenges due to their poor academic performance, affecting the development of social skills and struggles in identity formation. This study examined the coping and perceived social support of adolescents with and without learning disabilities. This study also investigated the relationship…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Disabilities, Adolescents, Coping
Jeffries, Michael – Gender and Education, 2020
Lad culture is pervasive in UK higher education, fuelling misogyny and violence towards women. Lad culture is commonly described as mix of boorish socialising, drinking, sport and pack behaviour. This study reports on the attitudes and experiences of laddish students from a UK university. Laddish behaviours were ubiquitous in their university…
Descriptors: Males, Subcultures, Foreign Countries, College Students
Eisenbarth, Chris A. – College Student Journal, 2019
Stress is a major issue for college students and the college years are considered one of the most stressful periods of a person's life. Gender differences in perceived stress and coping strategies were studied in a sample of undergraduate students (N = 409) using a cross-sectional, self-report format. MANOVA results indicated that men engaged in…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Stress Variables, Coping, Gender Differences
Katz, Jennifer; Grant, Claire; Merrilees, Christine – Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 2019
When communicated in a humorous way, racially prejudicial comments may be dismissed as "just jokes." The current study investigated White undergraduate students' antiracist responses to different types of prejudicial comments. Participants (N = 252) were randomly assigned to read about a peer who denigrates Black intelligence by either…
Descriptors: White Students, Racial Bias, Humor, Undergraduate Students
Baker, James P.; Clark-Gordon, Cathlin V.; Myers, Scott A. – Communication Education, 2019
Guided by emotional response theory, this study examined how students' emotional responses mediated the relationship between their instructors' dramatic teaching behaviors (i.e., humor, self-disclosure, narrative) and their approach-avoidance behaviors (i.e., oral in-class participation, out-of-class communication, classroom citizenship…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Teacher Behavior, Teaching Methods, Humor
Park, Crystal L.; Williams, Michelle K.; Hernandez, Paul R.; Agocha, V. Bede; Carney, Lauren M.; DePetris, Andrea E.; Lee, Sharon Y. – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2019
Psychological factors have been implicated in STEM persistence but remain poorly understood. In particular, the role of self-regulation--the cognitive, behavioral, and emotional skills that allow individuals to work efficiently toward their desired goals, especially when under stress--has received minimal attention. Psychological factors may be…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Academic Persistence, Self Management, Student Behavior
Özeke, Vildan; Akçapina, Gökhan – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2016
There are many computer games, learning environments, online tutoring systems or computerized tools which keeps the track of the user while learning or engaging in the activities. This paper presents results from an exploratory study and aims to group students regarding their behavior data while solving the Einstein's riddle. 45 undergraduate…
Descriptors: Puzzles, Educational Games, Humor, Foreign Countries