Assessing Students’ Perceptions of Inappropriate and Appropriate Teacher Humor

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Humor in the classroom: the effects of integrated humor on student learning (2018, background): “…(i.e., absurdity) and written to function as related humor (i.e., a humorous story or general anecdote used as an example to explain course content; Frymier et al., 2008; Gorham & Christophel, 1990; Wanzer et al., 2006), which scholars argue reflects an appropriate use of humor in the classroom…”
A Review of Humor in Educational Settings: Four Decades of Research (2011, methodology): “It may be the case that instructors high in humor orientation may be able to use inappropriate humor in the classroom without offending students because they are more skilled or because they are better able to establish a joking friendliness with their students (Frymier et al., 2008; Wanzer et al., ”
An Explanation of the Relationship between Instructor Humor and Student Learning: Instructional Humor Processing Theory (2010, methodology): “Instructor humor behaviors were measured with the 41 humor behaviors developed by Frymier et al. (2008), which was based on Wanzer et al. (2006) identification of appropriate and inappropriate types of humor.”