How programming environment shapes perception, learning and goals: Logo vs. Scratch

SIGCSE'10 - Proceedings of the 41st ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 346-350

  Lewis, Colleen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

K 12; Logo; Programming; Scratch

Indexed keywords

AFFORDANCES; LEARNING OUTCOME; LOGO PROGRAMMING; POSITIVE ATTITUDE; PROGRAMMING ENVIRONMENT; STUDENTS LEARNING; VISUAL PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; EDUCATION COMPUTING; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; TEACHING;

STUDENTS;

EID: 77952115855     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1734263.1734383     Document Type: Conference Paper

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