The Impacts of Humor in Instructional Materials: Conclusions Dependent on “Rho-Bustness” of Methods
Asil Ali Özdoğru and Robert F. McMorris
In this study, the effects of humorous cartoons on graduate students’ perceptions and learning of psychological concepts were investigated by taking sense of humor as a moderator variable. Fifty-five graduate students were given 3 concepts with cartoons and 3 without cartoons to study. Then students were handed survey items including demographic questions, Likert-scale items asking their perceptions about the materials, the Multidimensional Sense of Humor Scale, and 24 multiple-choice test items, 4 per concept, on the given concepts. The self-report data were very supportive of using cartoons in instructional material. Students reported favorable attitudes for inserting cartoons into reading passages; however there was no apparent effect of humorous cartoons on students’ learning of concepts. The methodological considerations and robustness of the design has been discussed in terms of their effects on the findings of the study.
Keywords: Humor, sense of humor, cartoons, robustness
Citation: Özdoğru, A. A., & McMorris, R. F. (2005, October). The impacts of humor in instructional materials: Conclusions dependent on “rho-bustness” of methods. Paper presented at the 43rd annual Eric F. Gardner Conference, Auburn, NY.
Asil Ali Özdoğru and Robert F. McMorris
In this study, the effects of humorous cartoons on graduate students’ perceptions and learning of psychological concepts were investigated by taking sense of humor as a moderator variable. Fifty-five graduate students were given 3 concepts with cartoons and 3 without cartoons to study. Then students were handed survey items including demographic questions, Likert-scale items asking their perceptions about the materials, the Multidimensional Sense of Humor Scale, and 24 multiple-choice test items, 4 per concept, on the given concepts. The self-report data were very supportive of using cartoons in instructional material. Students reported favorable attitudes for inserting cartoons into reading passages; however there was no apparent effect of humorous cartoons on students’ learning of concepts. The methodological considerations and robustness of the design has been discussed in terms of their effects on the findings of the study.
Keywords: Humor, sense of humor, cartoons, robustness
Citation: Özdoğru, A. A., & McMorris, R. F. (2005, October). The impacts of humor in instructional materials: Conclusions dependent on “rho-bustness” of methods. Paper presented at the 43rd annual Eric F. Gardner Conference, Auburn, NY.
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