Effects of jocular instructional methods on attitudes, anxiety, and achievement in statistics courses

Humor

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 383-409

  Berk, Ronald A ^a   Nanda, Joy P ^a  

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EID: 0000949083     PISSN: 09331719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/humr.1998.11.4.383     Document Type: Article

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