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Farnan, John – TESL Talk, 1982
Presents case in favor of using line drawings as one of the most effective and least expensive ways of recapturing imagination in the language classroom. (Author/BK)
Descriptors: Cartoons, Creative Teaching, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods

Christensen, Russel R. – Social Education, 1983
A unit on cartoons was used in a high school economics course. Students studied the symbolism used in cartooning, the background factors that form a basis for the cartoon, techniques and approaches used by various artists, and the validity and significance of messages offered by cartoonists. (AM)
Descriptors: Cartoons, Economics Education, Secondary Education, Social Studies

Demetrulias, Diana A. Mayer – Journal of Reading, 1982
Presents a short description with examples of the use of cartoons as a motivational and instructional technique for vocabulary study. (AEA)
Descriptors: Cartoons, Humor, Reading Instruction, Reading Skills

Flannery, Maura C. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 1993
A professor explains how he uses cartoons in teaching science. (PR)
Descriptors: Cartoons, College Science, Higher Education, Humor

Monahan, David P. – Social Education, 1983
A prewriting activity requires elementary and middle school students to compose a political cartoon interpretation by asking questions and helps develop their writing ability. An example shows how the prewriting strategy translates into a specific classroom application. (AM)
Descriptors: Cartoons, Elementary Secondary Education, Inquiry, Junior High Schools
Intercom, 1981
Explains how the use of cartoons and greeting cards in the classroom can help students identify and understand stereotypes of aging and older people. The activity, which takes one class period, involves the students in analyzing, discussing, and thinking of a word or phrase which best describes stereotypes illustrated on specific greeting cards…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Cartoons, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Activities

Schacht, Steven; Stewart, Brad J. – Teaching Sociology, 1990
Studied the use of humorous cartoons to reduce the anxiety levels of students in statistics classes. Used the Mathematics Anxiety Rating Scale (MARS) to measure the level of student anxiety before and after a statistics course. Found that there was a significant reduction in levels of mathematics anxiety after the course. (SLM)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Cartoons, Educational Research, Higher Education
Nelson, Dennis W. – Instructor, 1978
Presents ideas for using food as concrete objects to teach mathematics and offers suggestions for teaching about political cartoons. (JMB)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Cartoons, Elementary Education, Food

Cohan, Mark – Social Education, 1975
Teaching suggestions are offered for using comic books at the secondary level to motivate students to read, write, and discuss social problems. (JR)
Descriptors: Cartoons, Comics (Publications), Learning Activities, Motivation Techniques

Rogers, Mary Franey; Myles, Brenda Smith – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2001
Social stories and comic strip conversations were successfully used to teach social skills to a 14-year-old student with Asperger Syndrome. As a result of the training, the student's behavior changed. The student enjoyed using comic strip conversations and began to request their use from others at school and home. (Contains references.) (CR)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Asperger Syndrome, Bibliotherapy, Cartoons

Matthew, J. A. D. – Physics Education, 1991
Some common themes of cartoons that use science as a subject are identified. Cartoons that deal with the topics of theory, the universe, school, the relationship between science and technology, and the nature of science are included. The sociology of scientific humor is discussed. (KR)
Descriptors: Cartoons, College Science, Higher Education, Physics

Richie, June Rose – Clearing House, 1979
This article presents a rationale for using newspaper comics and cartoons as instructional materials to foster language skills, career skills, values clarification, and critical thinking. It provides ideas for creating games and learning activity packages (LAPs) based on comic strips. (SJL)
Descriptors: Cartoons, Comics (Publications), Educational Games, Elementary Secondary Education

Ehrlich, Linda C. – Art Education, 1995
Asserts that, during the 20th century, animation has moved from being a perceptual curiosity to an important art form. Describes teaching methods and activities used in a one-day animation workshop for elementary students. Outlines a similar workshop for teachers. (CFR)
Descriptors: Animation, Art Education, Art Products, Cartoons

Carter, Henry A. – Journal of Chemical Education, 1989
Describes topics in chemistry as related in the Classics Illustrated publications. Provides a list from "The Pioneers of Science" series with issue date, number, and biograhical topic. Lists references to topics in chemistry. Presents many pages from these comics. (MVL)
Descriptors: Biographies, Cartoons, Chemistry, Comics (Publications)
Splaine, John; Splaine, Pam – 1992
Incorporating skills and procedures which students can use in many areas of the curriculum, this book, and accompanying "teacher's guide," provides interactive activities that are fun and that help students in grades 4 through 12 become critical viewers of television. The book provides homework activities that turn the normally wasted…
Descriptors: Audience Response, Cartoons, Class Activities, Critical Viewing
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