Using Humor In The College Classroom To Enhance Teaching Effectiveness In "Dread Courses"

College Student Journal, Sept, 1999 by Neelam Kher, Susan Molstad, Roberta Donahue

3. Waiting in line at fee payment.

2. Being attacked by a roving pack of Rottweilers.

1. Finding a parking spot on campus!

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Appendix C Top 10 Pet Peeves of Your Instructor

10. The overhead projector just will not cooperate.

9. Students mistaking Wolverines for Spartans.

8. People think it's cute to imitate her accent.

7. Unable to find the perfect cartoon to go with the day's lesson.

6. People pronounce her name Dr. Cur or Dr. Carr.

5. People think all statistics teachers are nerds, dweebs or geeks.

4. Students click pens, talk among themselves, play cards or squeak their chairs while she lectures.

3. Students who not only sleep in class but snore!

2. Students who think "class break" means "class dismissed."

1. Students who say, "I didn't have time to do my homework," and think it's a good excuse.

Appendix D Spikes vs. Platforms 1

Running Head: HEIGHT ENHANCEMENT AND NAPOLEONIC COMPLEX

SPIKES VS. PLATFORMS: THE RELATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF TWO HEIGHT ENHANCEMENT TECHNIQUES IN THE REDUCTION OF NAPOLEONIC COMPLEX

IWANA B. TALL Seven Dwarfs State University

NEELAM KHER Northwestern State University of Louisiana

SUSAN MOLSTAD Northwestern State University of Louisiana

ROBERTA DONAHUE University of Alabama