LOGO-L> What is learned with Logo?

[Michael Tempel <michaelt@media.mit.edu>]

>Chuck Shavit writes:
>>Do any of the readers have references to research that demonstrate the
>>advantage of using computer programming as a way to enrich the math and
>>science skills of students?
>
>Brian Harvey cited Clements. If you're interested, look at:
>
>Clements, Douglas H., & Merideth, Julie Sarama (1993). Research on logo:
>Effects and efficacy. Journal of Computing in Childhood Education, 4, 263-290.
>

This paper is also available on the Logo Foundation Web site.

Another perspective on the educational value of Logo (and programming more
generally) is provided by Jose Valente in "Logo as a Window into the Mind"
in Logo Update, Vol 4 No 1, Fall 1995 (also ont he Web site).  The point is
that a program is a written description of one's thought process, which may
be examined discussed with others, and debugged.

Any programming language is, in this sense, a window into the mind, but
most langauges are dirty windows, encrusted with complicated syntax, and
technical demands.  Logo is relatively clean.

-Michael

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