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Download full textDesberg, Peter; And Others – 1981
The effect of humor on retention of lecture material was studied with 100 undergraduate students at California State University, Dominguez Hills. Within each class, students were divided into four equal groups, and four versions of a lecture on language development were presented on videotape by a college faculty member. The lectures were…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Educational Research, Higher Education, Humor
