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The document argues comics provide vocabulary and contextual scaffolding for beginning and struggling readers, while also supporting higher-level critical thinking and analysis for more accomplished readers.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":83,"og:type":124,"og:title":65,"og:site_name":95,"og:description":67},"article",{"robots":126,"canonical":83},"index,follow",{"doc_id":128,"site_id":62},418849,1791300590,{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":131},{"doc_id":128,"user_id":132,"nickname":92,"user_avatar":133,"doc_module":4,"category_id":24,"category_name":25,"doc_title":65,"doc_description":67,"doc_content":134,"file_id":135,"file_url":136,"file_type":137,"file_size":138,"view_count":24,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":8,"is_downloadable":8,"audit_status":8,"page_count":14,"language":139,"language_code":63,"site_id":62,"html_lang":63,"table_of_contents":140,"faqs":141,"seo_title":142,"seo_description":67,"update_tm":143,"read_time":8},13056703019404,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/davatar_29158cc5080c5b710cf443261637dec0","Why Comics?  \nby Tracy Edmunds, M.A. Ed.  \nMany teachers would like to use graphic texts in their classrooms, but need to convince their administrators of the value these complex texts can provide in instruction and learning. This document is a summary of the latest research and rationale supporting the use of comics in education.  \nComics Are Motivating  \n“…those who read more comic books did more pleasure reading, liked to read more, and tended to read more books. These results show that comic book reading certainly does not inhibit other kinds of reading, and is consistent with the hypothesis that comic book reading facilitates heavier reading.”  \n—Krashen, Stephen D. , and Ujiie, Joanne.“Comic Book Reading, Reading Enjoyment, and Pleasure Reading Among Middle Class and Chapter (Title) 1 Middle School Students.” 1996.  \n[http://www.sdkrashen.com/articles/comicbook](http://www.sdkrashen.com/articles/comicbook)  \n“Taken all together, our results suggest that, with regard to student learning, comic book stories lose nothing to traditional textbooks while having the added potential benefit of improving attitudes about biology.”  \n—Hosler, Jay and Boomer, K. B.“Are Comic Books an Effective Way to Engage Nonmajors in Learning and Appreciating Science?”2011. [http://www.lifescied.org/content/10/3/309.full.pdf](http://www.lifescied.org/content/10/3/309.full.pdf)  \nWords and Pictures Together Increase Recall and Problem Solving  \n“…the low-level students receiving the high-level text with the comic strip scored significantly higher than their counterparts receiving the high-level text only.”  \n—Jun Liu.“Effect of Comic Strips on L2 Learners’Reading Comprehension.”TESOL Quarterly, 2004. [http://sfl.ieu.edu.tr/tdu/TESOL_Quarterly_Reading.pdf](http://sfl.ieu.edu.tr/tdu/TESOL_Quarterly_Reading.pdf)  \n“Across the eleven studies, people who learned from words and graphics produced between 55 percent to 121 percent more correct solutions to transfer problems than people who learned from words alone. Across all studies, a median percentage gain of 89 percent was achieved with a median effect size of 1.50.”  \n—Mayer, Richard E. and Clark, Ruth Colvin. e-Learning and the Science of Instruction: Proven Guidelines for Consumers and Designers of Multimedia Learning. Pfeiffer, 2011.  \n“Results of Study 2 find that verbatim recognition was superior with graphic novel texts compared to traditional textbooks.”  \n—McKenny, Aaron, Short, Jeremy, & Randolph-Seng, Brandon. Abstract: “Graphic presentation: an empirical examination of the graphic novel approach to communicate business concepts.”[http://www.academia.edu/2210806/Graphic_presentation_an_empirical_examination_of_the_graphic_novel_](http://www.academia.edu/2210806/Graphic_presentation_an_empirical_examination_of_the_graphic_novel_)[approach_to_communicate_business_concepts](approach_to_communicate_business_concepts)  \nComics Have a High Average Vocabulary Level  \nComic books average 53.5 rare words per thousand, while children’s books average 30.9, adult books average 52.7, expert witness testimony averages 28.4, and the conversations of college graduates with friends average 17.3.  \n—“Big Ideas in Beginning Reading: Vocabulary.”University of Oregon Center on Teaching and Learning. [http://reading.uoregon.edu/big_ideas/voc/voc_what.php](http://reading.uoregon.edu/big_ideas/voc/voc_what.php)  \nComics Enrich the Skills of Accomplished Readers  \n“Incorporating visual rhetoric into your curriculum will also require students to practice higher learning critical thinking and analytical skills emphasized in an AP curriculum. The reading of both visuals and text together usually necessitates inference skills and a synthesis of a number of clues presented both on the page and as a pattern throughout the book.  \nGraphic novels allow for a new approach to diction, imagery, syntax, structure, and language.…Graphic novels also substitute figurative imagery with the images themselves, but the interplay of wh","cbCaiilVTyu5sdRs","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiilVTyu5sdRs","pdf",171765,"English","# Why Comics?\n## Comics Are Motivating\n## Words and Pictures Together Increase Recall and Problem Solving\n## Comics Have a High Average Vocabulary Level\n## Comics Enrich the Skills of Accomplished Readers\n## Comics Support Beginning and Struggling Readers","[{\"question\":\"Why do educators consider using comics in classrooms?\",\"answer\":\"Educators use comics because research supports their value as complex yet effective instructional texts that can enhance instruction and student learning.\"},{\"question\":\"How do words and pictures in comics affect learning?\",\"answer\":\"Studies cited show that combining words and graphics improves recall and produces more correct solutions on transfer problems than using words alone.\"},{\"question\":\"Do comics help both beginning and advanced readers?\",\"answer\":\"Yes. 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