Dr Meryl Jaffee Archives

NYCC: Super Girls – Using Comics To Engage Female Students In The Classroom
Dr Meryl Jaffee of the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (and a CBLDF stalwart) noted comics' usefulness in developing language, memory, attention sequencing skills, literacy (obviously), and cognitive skills All agreed, however, that as challenging as it may be to convince parents, school boards and parents to give over their preconceptions and embrace this[...]