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Buxton, Rodney A. – Southern Speech Communication Journal, 1987
Describes how the jokes of Johnny Carson, David Letterman, and Joan Rivers explore, support, and disrupt different elements of the American social experience. Argues that joking is one strategy for encouraging and sustaining resistance to ideological control. (NKA)
Descriptors: Comedy, Cultural Context, Humor, Literary Genres
Pieper, Gail W. – Technical Writing Teacher, 1987
Recommends teaching about the uses of humor in technical writing classes by using computer user manuals. Suggests that humor has a place in technical communication, particularly in computer manuals, where new users' apprehension must be reduced, heavy technical points need clarification, and warnings and cautions should be reinforced. (SKC)
Descriptors: Business Communication, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education
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Carlson, A. Cheree – Quarterly Journal of Speech, 1988
Shows how the rhetoric of selected woman humorists from 1820 to 1880 exemplifies the operation of various comic literary reference frames. Asserts that their comic frame disintegrated because these writers were unable to foster identification between females and males and failed to provide a world view that could accommodate social change. (MM)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Authors, Comedy, Females
Bruno, Rachelle M.; And Others – Learning Disabilities Focus, 1988
Receptive and expressive humor was investigated in learning-disabled (LD), mildly retarded, and nondisabled students (N=54) from primary (ages 7-10), intermediate (ages 10-13), and middle school (ages 13-16) grades. LD students did not display increased understanding at later ages and had more difficulty with phonological than with lexical or…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Elementary Secondary Education
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Stillion, Judith M; White, Hedy – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 1987
Investigated reactions to humorous feminist slogans in these groups: (1) males and females (N=20) over 30 years old who were feminists or strongly sympathetic; (2) female and male undergraduates (N=39) with various levels of sympathy; and (3) 6th, 8th, and 10th grade academically gifted students (N=62). Results suggest gender and feminist sympathy…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Adolescents, Adults, College Students
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Alfonso, Regina – Journal of Reading, 1987
Describes a teaching unit that involves students in reading and analyzing elements of humor in young people's literature. Focuses on what makes quality humorous books funny as well as literary. (FL)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Elementary Secondary Education, Humor, Learning Processes
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Klein, Amelia J. – Child Study Journal, 1985
Investigates kindergarten children's ability to comprehend and appreciate cognitively-oriented humor. Conceptual development was measured by assessing children's responses to a liquid conservation task modeled after Piaget. Results fail to support previous theories and indicate that a majority of the children fully comprehended and were able to…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Comprehension, Concept Formation, Early Childhood Education
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Bowman, R. P. – Elementary School Guidance and Counseling, 1986
Describes how magic tricks can be used as a counseling technique in elementary schools. Describes two magic tricks and suggests ways they can be used to facilitate guidance lessons on the counselor's role and self-change. (ABB)
Descriptors: Comedy, Counseling Techniques, Educational Methods, Elementary Education
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Masten, Ann S. – Child Development, 1986
Measures humor appreciation (including mirth, subjective ratings, and response sets), comprehension, and production in children between the ages of 10 and 14. Relates humor to several areas of competence manifested at school. (HOD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Behavior, Comedy, Elementary Secondary Education
Wlodkowski, Raymond J. – Training and Development Journal, 1985
Presents strategies helpful in maintaining learner attention (providing response opportunities, providing variety in presentation style, connecting activities clearly); building learner interest (demonstrating results, using humor, using creative examples, using questions, using unpredictability); and developing learner involvement (using…
Descriptors: Accountability, Demonstrations (Educational), Humor, Instructional Materials
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Shannon, Darla – Reading Teacher, 1986
Reviews the content of parents' notes to teachers covering a variety of subjects. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Humor, Letters (Correspondence), Parent Participation
Corder, Jim W. – Freshman English News, 1986
Recounts observations of a bartender working in a lounge patronized during a rhetoric conference and notes that the composing processes the bartender exhibited are similar to those needed by writing students. (DF)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Higher Education, Humor, Language Processing
Hashimoto, I. – Freshman English News, 1986
Humorously discusses the problem of discerning when students are being honest in their writing and how to deal with the problems their honesty sometimes presents. (DF)
Descriptors: Audience Analysis, Higher Education, Honesty, Humor
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Lehr, Fran – Journal of Reading, 1984
Examines several approaches to vocabulary development that are alternatives to direct vocabulary instruction. (AEA)
Descriptors: Classification, College Students, Humor, Language Acquisition
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Iverson, Donald; Insley, Peter – Physics Teacher, 1984
Describes a demonstration in which the pattern on a rotating turntable can be affected by humming and adjusting the pitch of the hum. At some frequency, if conditions are right, the pattern can be stopped, or "strobed." Also describes a way to introduce humor into physics instruction. (JN)
Descriptors: College Science, Demonstrations (Educational), High Schools, Higher Education
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