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Download full textMathinos, Debra A.; Leonard, Ann Scheier – 1983
The study examines the use of LOGO, a computer language, with 19 learning disabled (LD) and 19 non-LD students in grades 4-6. Ss were randomly assigned to one of two instructional groups: sequential or whole-task, each with 10 LD and 10 non-LD students. The sequential method features a carefully ordered plan for teaching LOGO commands; the…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Elementary Secondary Education, Intermediate Grades, Learning Disabilities
Peer reviewedDyck, Jennifer L.; Mayer, Richard E. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1989
Computer-naive university students (N=124) were taught the BASIC programing language by solving and receiving feedback on program comprehension problems stated in BASIC or on corresponding problems stated in English followed by problems stated in BASIC. Results support a sequential method of instruction beginning with use of natural language…
Descriptors: College Students, Comprehension, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Science Education
Cuneo, Diane O. – 1986
Turtle graphics is a popular vehicle for introducing children to computer programming. Children combine simple graphic commands to get a display screen cursor (called a turtle) to draw designs on the screen. The purpose of this study was to examine young children's abilities to function in a simple computer programming environment. Four- and…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Science, Computer Uses in Education
