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In 2002 F. Javier Perales-Palacios and José M. Vílchez-González studied the impact of comics and cartoons in the study of physics. They arrived at the following conclusions:
Teaching physics by showing cartoons constituted a clear incentive in the students' attitude towards the subject.(1)
Students' misconceptions to a certain degree parallel the incorrect physics in the cartoons. It is quite possible that the cartoons have
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Perales-Palacios, F. & Vílchez-González, J. (2002). Teaching physics by means of cartoons: a qualitative study in secondary education, Physics Education, 37 (5) 400-406. DOI: 10.1088/0031-9120/37/5/306
Vílchez-González, J. & Palacios, F. (2006). Image of science in cartoons and its relationship with the image in comics, Physics Education, 41 (3) 240-249. DOI: 10.1088/0031-9120/41/3/006
Taber, K. (2006). The physics education of superheroes, Physics Education, 41 (3) 202-203. DOI: 10.1088/0031-9120/41/3/F01
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