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Revisiting educational assumptions: The surprising negative link between creative extracurricular activities and creative thinking in PISA 2022

open access: yesBritish Journal of Educational Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Background While skill development is generally linked to relevant practice, the 2022 PISA creative thinking report revealed a negative association between students' creative thinking performance and their engagement in creative activities. Aims This study explored whether this negative association was linear, persisted across countries and ...
Sofiia Kagan, Denis Dumas, Yoojoong Kim
wiley   +1 more source

Punchline with(out) purpose: Integrating research on instructional humour and seductive details

open access: yesBritish Journal of Educational Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction We integrated research on instructional humour and seductive details to investigate when affiliative course‐related humour is effective or rather ineffective for learning. We assumed that instructional humour without a cognitive function (irrelevant humour) would have detrimental effects on learning performance resembling the ...
Lisa Bender   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Analysis of Rhetorical Strategies in the Gendered Performances of Nigerian Male Stand-up Comedians

open access: yesTraduction et Langues, 2017
Gender relations are enacted in the day-to-day lived experiences of men and women. Mundane practices such as talks and jokes may not only reflect the prevailing gender relations in society, but may also offer opportunities to contest them.
Chris Lekan Olawale
doaj  

Carnivalesque Comedians

open access: yes, 1995
Auto-performance, scripted or non-scripted, has characterized much Canadian performance in the last decade, especially in alternate venues. Comic monologuists like Karen Hines, Sandra Shamas, and Brigitte Gill explore the humour of the body, low humour ...
Dvorak, Marta
core  

A balance between stability and flexibility: Adaptive patterns of self‐regulated learning processes shape game‐based learning

open access: yesBritish Journal of Educational Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract To ensure learning efficiency in game‐based learning (GBL), learners must regulate cognitive, affective, metacognitive and motivational (CAMM) processes, collectively known as self‐regulated learning (SRL). SRL is dynamic and non‐linear, characterized by regulatory patterns and CAMM interactions that lead to macro‐level SRL behaviours. In this
Elizabeth B. Cloude   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Seven Design Principles for Co‐Creating Health Information Visuals for People With Learning Disabilities

open access: yesBritish Journal of Learning Disabilities, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background People with learning disabilities often face significant challenges in understanding health information. Pictorial supports are widely assumed to improve communication for people with learning disabilities, yet little research examines how visual communication can be effectively designed for this group.
Alison Drewett   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Stand-up comedians: reactions to feedback from the audience.

open access: yes, 2002
The stand-up comedian performs in front of a live audience, like in a theatre. There is an interaction between the performer and the audience. A comedian receives audience feedback, which he can classify as encouraging and / or discouraging.
Cruz, Ma. Theresa B.   +2 more
core  

Narratives of Strength: Exploring Storytelling as a Tool for Resilience in Families

open access: yesChild &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Resilience, originally viewed as a psychological capacity to ‘bounce back’ from challenges, is now understood to be shaped by broader social inequalities, including gender, socio‐economic status, politics and ethnicity. This study explores how stories and narratives can help nurture resilience and improve well‐being among those residing in an ...
Chandra Ramamurthy   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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