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Darling, Ann L.; Civikly, Jean M. – Journal of Classroom Interaction, 1987
A sample of 280 undergraduate students were selected for a study to determine the effect of tendentious and nontendentious humor in college first lecture presentations on students' perceptions of classroom communicative climate. Findings are discussed. (MT)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Higher Education, Humor
Friedman-Erickson, Sharon; And Others – 1992
Intuitively, it would seem that moral development and aggressive humor address many of the same issues in that both are concerned with judgments about interpersonal conflict and inequality of exchange. This study examined the relation between level of moral development and appreciation of aggressive humor. Community college students (N=190) were…
Descriptors: Aggression, College Students, Community Colleges, Humor
Changing Patterns in the Response to Humorous Sexual Stimuli: Sex Roles and Expression of Sexuality.

Prerost, Frank J. – Social Behavior and Personality, 1983
Examined the impact of humowere aous sexual stimuli on 120 college students. Results showed the importance of personal sexual experience and enjoyment with sexual expression on the reactions to sexual humor. Sexist ideas within sexual humor were significant factor in influencing female appreciation of sexual jokes. (JAC)
Descriptors: Cartoons, College Students, Higher Education, Humor

Pearson, Judy C.; And Others – Central States Speech Journal, 1983
This study did not support the following hypothesis: more sexually-oriented jokes will reflect a sexist bias against women than against men. Instead, the findings indicate that joke-tellers of both sexes were more likely to select sexual jokes that discriminated against males. (PD)
Descriptors: College Students, Communication Research, Comparative Analysis, Females
Shapiro, Dan; Varey, Kim – 1996
A study focused on investigating perceptions of sexist humor, specifically on how people perceive others' reactions to sexist humor. Subjects, 206 college men and women, rated communication competence and attraction of actors in vignettes depicting 2 different reactions to sexist humor. Results indicated that sex of both the joke teller and the…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Higher Education, Humor, Language Attitudes

Wessler, Erik – English Journal, 1987
Approaches a writing assignment in an all-girls classroom by differentiating between what men think is funny ("guyfun") and what women think is funny ("galfun"). (NKA)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Classroom Techniques, Grade 12, Group Discussion

Bill, Brigitte; Naus, Peter – Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 1992
Studied the role of humor, gender, and sexist attitudes toward women in the interpretation of sexist incidents. Among 30 male and 30 female Canadian college students, perceiving sexist incidents as humorous was associated with seeing the incidents as less sexist and more acceptable. Gender did not affect the interpretation. (JB)
Descriptors: College Students, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Humor
McCoy, Leah P. – 2001
This collection of research projects includes: "What Types of Questions Do Mathematics Teachers Ask?" (Cynthia L. Adams); "Will Alternate Assessment Formats Create a Difference in Student Motivation to Study?" (Robyn J. Allen); "Factors Affecting the Motivation of Students" (Dejon J. Banks); "The Dynamics of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Advanced Courses, Alternative Assessment, Calculators