Within the experimental group, female participants responded better to humour-based teaching than male participants¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r1 · q2
Currency · newest study 2018 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Female participants in the experimental group showed better post-test results than male participants, and the authors note women reported laughing more easily. → Sanchez 2018

Evidence¶

Sanchez 2018¶

Sanchez, A. C. & Magro, L. J. C. (2018). Humour in the teaching of English and German equivocal words. Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, 13(4), 645-653. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1202228

q2 · i? · causal · r1

Observation from the results and conclusion sections of the pilot study, linked by the authors to Figure 2 on attitudes towards humouristic activities; no statistical test or effect size is printed.

"a higher number of female participants—as they also made it explicit in their consent forms by saying that they liked comedies—laugh easier than men"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Gender — predictor: outcomes differ by group: a gap reflecting circumstances and treatment, not a cause

Related Claims¶

• Within the group learning treatment, female students achieved significantly higher mathematics post-test scores than male students — related
• Male and female subjects responded differently, confounding interpretation — related
• Within the experimental groups, the humour-based memory strategy operated more efficiently with older participants than with younger ones — related