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Schiller, Maryann F. – 1985
A study was conducted to investigate the effects of humor on the performance of college freshmen on the Nelson Denny Reading Post Test. The subjects, 36 college freshmen from two developmental reading improvement classes, were randomly assigned to experimental A or B or control sample groups. Students had previously taken forms F and C of the test…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Higher Education, Humor, Reading Achievement
