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The Learner as Teacher: Using Student Authored Comics to “Teach” Mathematics Concepts

Francis Pelton, L. & Pelton, T. (2009). The Learner as Teacher: Using Student Authored Comics to “Teach” Mathematics Concepts. In G. Siemens & C. Fulford (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2009 (pp. 1591-1599). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
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Conference Information

World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA) 2009
Honolulu, HI, USA
June 22, 2009
George Siemens & Catherine Fulford
AACE

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Authors

Leslee Francis Pelton, Timothy Pelton, University of Victoria, Canada

Abstract

Comics are a part of popular culture that has great potential for enhancing student learning. Comics were embraced for their utility in education in the 1940s but were subsequently denigrated and effectively blacklisted for educational application in the 1950s. They only began their recovery as an educational medium and topic of interest for researchers in the 1990s (Yang 2003). Having students create their own comics can improve motivation, literacy and conceptual understanding. Current comic authoring programs allow students to experience the benefits of communicating through meaningful, satisfying comics without the stress or frustration often associated with creating traditional comics by hand or the writing load imposed by traditional written assignments. Having students create comics to share their understanding of mathematical concepts allows them to engage in a creative and constructive process that supports the development of problem solving, representation and communication skills.