A meta-analytic assessment of the effect of humorous lectures on learning

Classroom Communication and Instructional Processes: Advances Through Meta-Analysis

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 295-313

  Martin, Diane M ^a   Preiss, Raymond W ^b   Gayle, Barbara Mae ^c   Allen, Mike ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND   (United States)

^c SAINT MARTIN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203933145     Document Type: Chapter

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