Children's Naive Conceptions and Confusions About Logo Graphics Commands.

Fay, Anne Louise; Mayer, Richard E.

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Publication Date: 1987

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Children's Naive Conceptions and Confusions About Logo Graphics Commands.

Fay, Anne Louise; Mayer, Richard E.

Journal of Educational Psychology, v79 n3 p254-68 Sep 1987

This article examines naive conceptions of spatial reference that children bring to Logo programing language learning. Students from Grades 4, 5, 6, and 8 were introduced to six Logo commands, and then were tested on predicting the output for instances of each of the commands. (Author/LMO)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Structures, Computer Graphics, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Problem Solving, Programing, Programing Languages, Spatial Ability, Visualization

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