Comic Books May Help Students Learn Science

Alan Boyle at the MSNBC (11/30) "Cosmic Log" blog writes, "The Japanese have been using manga" or comic books "for decades to teach complex subjects, and now Americans are doing it too. No Starch Press, a San Francisco publishing house, puts out a whole line of manga-style books on math and science, picked up from the original Japanese and translated for the American market." Boyle writes, "Japanese researchers have reported that manga books can deliver information in a shorter time and make a stronger impression than conventional textbooks."