School can be tough... Hours of concentration, loads of homework, awkward group projects, and battling to remember that ...

Humor has a large role to play when it comes to engaging students in a classroom environment. By facilitating student laughter with appropriate jokes, quips, and visual humor, a teacher can make the ...

His love of learning, unique sense of humor and compassion for others are what defined Robert Foster, a longtime Woodland Hills resident. Foster, a retired certified public accountant, died April 22 ...

Humor alone cannot save a poorly planned class, however, and oftentimes, too much humor can work against student learning. "If students giggle or give me the pity laugh, that's good, because at least ...

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Website Shmoop uses humor to help kids with studying, test-prep. Feb. 24, 2014 -- There's a reason why nearly 10 million kids a month come to Shmoop to get help with test-prep and studying: The site ...

He moves to the front of the classroom, voice booming with enthusiasm, to rile up his students. "Good afternoon!" he says with a friendly bellow to his sixth-period class. The students continue ...

But then I discovered a trick: I loved watching late-night parodies of the news like Saturday Night Live and The Daily Show, and I would repurpose their jokes to make her laugh. That motivated me to ...

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