The Funny Factor

The Funny Factor
Why smart brains take humor seriously

---Reader's Digest September, 2007

 

(Clip art licensed from the Discovery School's Clip Art Gallery)

文章中提出多年對humor的研究結果:
Humor can tune our minds, help us learn, and keep us mentally loose, limber and creative.
其中Dr. Ron Berk在課堂中運用
jokes, funny examples, sign gags和skits來提升學習的成效。
Berk的研究也指出
Sharing a laugh helps students learn more.

因此課堂中以輕鬆的氣氛，鼓勵的氛圍及創意的教法授課
值得嘗試。