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Analyzing Student Performance and Attitudes toward Textual versus Iconic Programming Languages
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Lin, Janet Mei-Chuen; Yang, Mei-Ching – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 2009
In this study half of 52 sixth graders learned to program in MSWLogo and the other half in Drape. An analysis of students' test scores revealed that Drape (an iconic language) seemed to have a steeper learning curve than MSWLogo (a textual language). However, as students gradually became more familiar with either language, the difference in…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Programming Languages, Science Achievement, Instructional Effectiveness