America (The Book) by Jon Stewart5/7/2023 ![]() ![]() In order to protect against academic integrity issues associated with administering identical exams from one semester to the next, students were required to turn in their exam sheets with their answers. In the experimental group in the fall of 2006, Professor A had 81 students and Professor B had 16. Professor A had 91 students in the fall of 2005, while Professor B had 81 together, this was the control group. Our qualitative evidence, however, suggests that humor-based teaching is clearly more engaging and interesting for the students. Our empirical findings show no such learning effect. ![]() ,, ) “gateway” or “incidental by-product” effects. Journal of Educational Measurement 22 : 147 – 155. “Effects of Incorporating Humor in Test Items.”. Our hypothesis argues that humorous presentations of politics and government can enhance the learning process and increase test scores by way of Matthew Baum's ( 2003a ) was incorporated into Introduction to American Government curricula in conjunction with a standard textbook. Stewart, Jon, Ben Karlin, and David Javerbaum. Specifically, we present preliminary findings from a quasi-experiment in which a humorous, “mock” textbook titled America (The Book) (Stewart, Karlin, and Javerbaum 2004 This project posits that incorporating political humor into the classroom can have a positive effect on learning in higher education. ![]()
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