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Sidelinger, Robert J.; Tatum, Nicholas T. – College Teaching, 2019
This study (N = 326) was conducted to examine the associations among instructor humor, inappropriate conversations, and instructional dissent. First, results showed students are more likely to employ rhetorical dissent when they perceive their instructors as humorous in the classroom. Second, using expectancy violations theory as a guide, results…
Descriptors: Humor, Teaching Methods, Interpersonal Communication, Teacher Student Relationship