IS HUMOR AN APPRECIATED TEACHING TOOL? PERCEPTIONS OF PROFESSORS' TEACHING STYLES AND USE OF HUMOR

College Teaching

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 14-20

  Torok, Sarah E ^a   McMorris, Robert F ^a   Lin, Wen Chi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

humor; teaching style

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027489605     PISSN: 87567555     EISSN: 19308299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/CTCH.52.1.14-20     Document Type: Article

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