Class Clowns: A Study of Middle School Students.

Damico, Sandra Bowman; Purkey, William W.

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Class Clowns: A Study of Middle School Students

Damico, Sandra Bowman; Purkey, William W.

American Educational Research Journal, 15, 3, 391-8, Sum 78

From a sample of eighth-grade pupils, 96 class clowns were identified and compared to a sample of 237 nonclown classmates. Clowns were predominantly males, and were seen by their teachers to be higher than nonclowns in Asserting, Unruliness, Attention Seeking, Leadership, and Cheerfulness, and to be lower in Accomplishing. (Author/CP)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Humor, Individual Characteristics, Junior High Schools, Predictor Variables, Racial Differences, Sex Differences, Student Behavior

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Language: English

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