Should mathematics teachers be humorous? A study based on the instructional humor processing theory

Artigo2025

Tommy Tanu Wijaya ORCID; Min Feng; Yiming Cao ORCID; Mingyu Su; Akhmad Habibi ORCID

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Resumo

Teacher humor is considered an important factor in mathematics classroom management for improving student learning outcomes and engagement. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationships between teacher humor (mathematics-related humor, mathematics-unrelated humor, self-disparaging humor, and other-disparaging humor) and student engagement, with teacher-student relationships as a moderator. The respondents were 326 secondary school students, and the analysis was conducted using PLS-SEM. The results showed that six out of seven hypotheses were significant. Specifically, mathematics-related humor and other-disparaging humor had significant positive direct effects on teacher-student relationships and significant indirect effects on student engagement. In contrast, mathematics-unrelated humor had a significant negative effect on teacher-student relationships. These findings suggest that mathematics teachers can effectively use appropriate humor styles to strengthen teacher-student relationships and enhance student engagement in the mathematics classroom.

Dados da obra

Tipo: Artigo
Periódico: Frontiers in Psychology, v. 16, p. 1668887
Editora: Frontiers Media
Ano: 2025 (2025-12-11)
Idioma: en
Palavras-chave: teacher humor; mathematics teachers; student engagement; teacher-student relationship; high school students
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1668887
ISSN: 1664-1078
Licença: cc-by
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Na Biblioteca desde: 01/10/2026 · verificada em 03/10/2026

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WIJAYA, Tommy Tanu et al.. Should mathematics teachers be humorous? A study based on the instructional humor processing theory. Frontiers in Psychology, v. 16, p. 1668887, 2025. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1668887.

APA

Wijaya, T. T., Feng, M., Cao, Y., Su, M., & Habibi, A. (2025). Should mathematics teachers be humorous? A study based on the instructional humor processing theory. Frontiers in Psychology, 16, 1668887. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1668887

BibTeX

@article{wijaya2025,
  author = {Wijaya, Tommy Tanu and Feng, Min and Cao, Yiming and Su, Mingyu and Habibi, Akhmad},
  title = {Should mathematics teachers be humorous? A study based on the instructional humor processing theory},
  year = {2025},
  journal = {Frontiers in Psychology},
  volume = {16},
  pages = {1668887},
  publisher = {Frontiers Media},
  doi = {10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1668887},
  language = {en}
}

RIS

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AU  - Feng, Min
AU  - Cao, Yiming
AU  - Su, Mingyu
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PY  - 2025
JO  - Frontiers in Psychology
VL  - 16
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DO  - 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1668887
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