id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crl-14130 MacAdam, Barbara Humor in the Classroom: Implications for the Bibliographic Instruction Librarian 1985-07-01 7 .pdf application/pdf 3933 178 48 8 They attribute this reac- tion to students' perception that deliberate humor is a sign of a teacher's intent to con- trol the classroom and conclude, Humor that is not perceived as being open, honest and spontaneous may be more destructive to the communicative climate than an ab- sence of humor.'' 15 Fe- male teachers employing hostile humor seem to be allowed such conduct because they are perceived as more authoritarian Humor in the Classroom 331 or malelike and hence are permitted corresponding classroom behavior. cache/crl-14130.pdf txt/crl-14130.txt