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Should mathematics teachers be humorous? A study based on the instructional humor processing theory. [PDF]

open access: yesFront Psychol
Teacher humor is considered an important factor in mathematics classroom management for improving student learning outcomes and engagement. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationships between teacher humor (mathematics-related humor ...
Wijaya TT   +4 more
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Are they funny? Associations between instructors' humor and student emotions in undergraduate lab courses. [PDF]

open access: yesJ Microbiol Biol Educ
Instructor use of humor can positively affect students’ educational experiences by increasing students’ comfort in the classroom and making the instructor seem more approachable.
Allen ZA   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Care for Joy: Evaluation of a Humor Intervention and Its Effects on Stress, Flow Experience, Work Enjoyment, and Meaningfulness of Work

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health, 2021
The media increasingly speak of a care crisis. Systematic support is needed to prepare nursing apprentices for the high demands of their profession and to reduce the number of nurses who finally quit. Particularly in stressful jobs like nursing, humor as
Marek Bartzik   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Analysis and Forecasting Drought Days Using Artificial Neural Networks ‎Model (Case Study: Station Tehran) [PDF]

open access: yesنشریه جغرافیا و برنامه‌ریزی, 2017
Artificial neural networks as a nonlinear techniques in climate and hydrology studies are important to have. Climate change and the global warming of the climate phenomenon known as persistence of drought followed Number of dry days.
Hossein asakereh, Farieba Sayadi
doaj   +1 more source

Beyond humor styles: the nature of humor types and differences in basic personality traits from Zuckerman’s Alternative Five-Factor Model

open access: yesCurrent Issues in Personality Psychology, 2023
Background Findings show that the complex nature of humor and its personality basis can be more comprehensively understood if humor styles are analyzed simultaneously within humor types, rather than separately.
Đorđe Čekrlija   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of humorous interventions on the willingness to donate organs: a quasi-experimental study in the context of medical cabaret

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2020
Background It has been shown that fears and misconceptions negatively affect the willingness to donate organs. Empirical studies have examined health communication strategies that serve to debunk these fears.
Lisa Heitland   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reflections on the Introduction of Quantitative Assessment in Persuasive Writing Classes

open access: yesNumeracy, 2014
If quantitative reasoning is to be a legitimate part of composition curricula, it must be seen as a valuable tool for composition instructors to use in exploring their own subject.
Paul H. Grawe, Robin J. Grawe
doaj   +1 more source

Humor Styles Moderate the Relationship Between Rumination and Mental Health in Community Residents

open access: yesSAGE Open, 2021
The present study investigated how humor styles moderate the associations between rumination and mental health (depressive symptoms, satisfaction with life, and positive mental health) in community residents.
Shu Ping Chuang   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

La intervención humor en la interacción enfermero-paciente [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Objective: To describe the factors influencing the use of humor in nursing care, its applicability and benefits. Method: A scoping review was performed using the Arksey and O’Mally methodology. A search for articles published between 2008 and 2018 was
Antunes, Ana Vanessa   +5 more
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Humor Use in School Settings: The Perceptions of Teachers

open access: yesSAGE Open, 2021
This study investigated teachers’ use of humor in school settings. Eleven lower secondary school teachers from different branches volunteered in this qualitative study.
Ahmet Şahin
doaj   +1 more source

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