Title: Using Comics for Teaching Math to ESL Students
Stream: Learning Practices in Art & Design Education
Presentation Type: Live-Stream Presentation
Authors:
Vladimir Gutiérrez, Universidad César Vallejo- Piura, Peru
Abstract:
This research aimed to demonstrate that comics can help in teaching geometry to mining students in Universidad Nacional de Piura, a public university in Peru. For that purpose, 37 students belonging 4th semester of the mining engineering Faculty, participated for 10 weeks, solving math problems, specifically geometry problems, using a strip comic, called Incas’ math, in which the students had to solve several enigmas, for helping to build Machu Picchu citadel. For this purpose, the students were evaluated through a pre-test, which consisted of mathematical problems of geometry. Afterward, they took 10 classes about the branch of mathematics aforementioned, in those, was developed the main shapes of the rocks and their areas problems. Finally, the students were assessed with the post-test, whereby, were resolved mathematical problems, described in imaginary stories. On another side, motivation was measured through the ATMB survey, along with a semi-structured interview conducted after the post-test. The main outputs obtained were the strong improvement in geometry and the high motivation in these students.
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