Math teachers: What if you could use the colorful stories of comic books to teach multiplication, prime numbers, and linear equations? Would you? Most math teachers don’t think that engaging, visually ...
Superman may be able to fly, and Spider-Man may have Spidey Sense, but Jim McClain has an even more unlikely superpower. He gets kids to enjoy math. On a Thursday afternoon in late May, McClain stood ...
EVERETT — As a kid he drew cartoons on his math papers. Now he draws math in his cartoons. What’s up with that? “I Hate Math” is a new comic book by Ian Brown, 37, a third grade teacher at Challenger ...
Comic books and graphic novels have found their places in many language arts and social studies classes. Now, more math teachers are starting to look for ways to incorporate these engaging, visually ...
COLUMBUS, GA (WTVM) - A Columbus State University professor has teamed up with a student to help teach math to elementary-aged children in a fun new way: a comic book. Cindy Ticknor, a professor of ...
ELKHART — A new deal has the power to propel a local math teacher’s educational comic book into new coordinates of popularity. Jim McClain, who teaches seventh-graders at North Side Middle School in ...
Math is better than magic. It has secret symbols unlocking special knowledge. I just think that math is cool. But to be honest, I was never a great math student. I never enjoyed studying or taking ...
While it’s not unusual for comics to take on any subject, a new book coming from Bloomsbury in the fall will up the ante for using the comics medium to present a serious and complex subject in a ...