Catch Your Students with MicroWorlds Games.

Gonsalves, Dotty; Lopez, Joan

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ERIC Number: EJ579989

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Publication Date: 1998

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Catch Your Students with MicroWorlds Games.

Gonsalves, Dotty; Lopez, Joan

Learning & Leading with Technology, v26 n3 p19-21 Nov 1998

Discusses teaching grade 1-8 students programming and complex problem-solving skills using MicroWorlds, a variation of LOGO. Discusses game programming and provides a MicroWorlds "Cat and Mouse" game-planning sheet. Argues that programming instruction fosters creativity, innovation, and patience. (PEN)

Descriptors: Active Learning, Computer Software Development, Computer Uses in Education, Creativity, Educational Games, Elementary Education, Innovation, Junior High Schools, Microworlds, Problem Solving, Programming

Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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