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St. Pölten UAS: Explaining Science with Comics - Natural Sciences Made Understandable for Students and School PupilsST. PÖLTEN, Austria, April 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- People like to tell and listen to stories. They do this not only to entertain and be entertained, but also to convey content and information. Thoughts and communication processes are connected to form stories in order to better express ideas and views and to render processes happening in the world tangible for themselves and for others. In the research project Comixplain, researchers of the St. Pölten UAS use this human tendency for storytelling and create comics that help students to better understand scientific concepts. "Many studies show that comics are very useful for conveying teaching and learning content to both children and adults – not only because it is a familiar medium, but also due to their unique combination of characteristics. Apart from a narrative structure usually found only in instructional videos, they contain visualisations and infographics and allow for a flexible spatial arrangement of elements. Readers can consume the content at their own pace, which is often not possible in a video", explains UAS lecturer Victor Adriel de Jesus Oliveira from the St. Pölten UAS' Institute of Creative\Media/Technologies who manages the project. New Didctic Format "To do this, we focused mainly on teaching units where students are known to struggle with the content or where abstract concepts are supposed to be communicated. Comics can be helpful as supporting teaching material in these cases", says Oliveira. The content for the comics was developed by students and teachers together. Instructions Available for School Teachers Next Step: Community Engagement Part of the community's contributions is made up of Augmented Reality apps. They are available for download directly from the Comixplain offer at https://fhstp.github.io/comixplain/mediasummerschool.html. Hundreds of Illustrations Project Comixplain Media contact: Mark Hammer, +43 (0) 2742 313 228 - 269, [email protected] Logo - https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/1197815/St_Polten_University_Logo.jpg View original content:https://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/st-polten-uas-explaining-science-with-comics---natural-sciences-made-understandable-for-students-and-school-pupils-302118182.html |