Explains a method of teaching students the differences in usage between "good" and "well" and between "bad" and "badly." (MM)

The present studies were designed to test the role of descrepancy between existing cognitive structures and current input and the amount of pleasure derived from successful processing of that input with respect to children's appreciation of humor. (Author/SB)

School administrators fill a crucial need in education, but all too often their social and emotional worlds turn upside-down when they make this momentous career move. This second edition provides an insightful look at the unwritten and unspoken rules of school administration, helping new and sitting administrators work through the initial…

Some children, adolescents, and adults have used humor when responding to a drawing task. The humor tends to reflect their own situations as well as attitudes toward self and others, fantasies and moods. After presenting a brief review of background literature, this paper describes the various kinds of humor observed, and presents the findings of…

The present study is concerned primarily with demonstrating that laughter can be socially facilitated. It showed that children, presented aurally with laughter-provoking material, laugh more in the presence of a companion, whether or not the companion can hear the material. (Author/RK)

Article considers the inner harmony necessary to help students, teachers, and administrators work in concert. (RK)

A humorous look at educational innovations. (JF)

Explores the use of cartoons as a means of teaching American culture and demonstrates how a discussion of the cartoons can be carried out. Examples are given of the presentation of cartoons in the regular classroom. (FB/Author)

When shown drawings that depicted children of different racial/ethnic groups as victims of a minor mishap, White children found it funnier to see children of other groups victimized in humor than children of their own group. Blacks and Mexican Americans had no humor preferences concerning the victim's racial affiliation. (Author/MJL)

In one experiment, 78 adolescents were shown humorous film clips and required to write captions for cartoons. A creativity test was administered. In a second study, the experimental group completed the Torrance Creativity Test with humorous responses. In both studies, a humorous atmosphere was found to significantly increase creativity scores.…

Humorous suggestions are offered about how to teach children about computers. A satirical list of activities are suggested which require no physical contact with computers and which will spare teachers "the inconvenience of excited kids eager to learn how to use the new technology." (PP)