Re: LOGO-L> seth vrs rt and lt turns

["John St. Clair" <jstclair@cyberg8t.com>]

At 1:50 PM -0500 9/22/97, Hudsoc wrote:
>Got a question for all you experienced logo teachers.  Which concept do
>you teach first -- SETH or RT/LT?  I'm in a quandry with the confusion I
>sense in my 3rd and 4th graders re:  absolute vrs relative in changing
>directions.
>Thanks,
>Clare

I teach RT and LT before SETH.  I don't even tell them about SETH until
they've finished my unit on Logo Geometry and are starting animation.  SETH
is very useful for animation programming, but not necessary for drawing
geometric shapes.

-John

John St. Clair		     Board of Directors - Global SchoolNet Foundation
Technology Teacher	     moderator schl-sig-logo and logo-l
Vina Danks Middle School
Ontario-Montclair School District
Ontario, California, USA


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