Concept cartoons
Concept cartoons
Concept cartoons are a visual representation of science ideas. The simple cartoon style drawings put forward a range of viewpoints about science ideas in situations that are designed to motivate and engage students and stimulate discussion of their ideas.
Purpose
The main findings show that Concept Cartoons are:
- highly motivating across all age ranges and with learners of different levels of understanding
- effective at both revealing and challenging learners’ ideas, and linking together the process of elicitation and restructuring ideas
- effective in integrating learning and assessment into a single strategy
- viewed as very easy to manage in the classroom and potentially offering a valuable strategy for differentiation
- powerful for generating pupil talk, helping them to co-construct arguments and contextualising science learning opportunities.