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ERIC Number: EJ364446
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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A Chain of Cognitive Changes with Learning to Program in Logo.
Mayer, Richard E.; Fay, Anne Louise
Journal of Educational Psychology, v79 n3 p269-79 Sep 1987
This paper investigated three kinds of changes that could occur when a child learns to program in Logo. Novice programmers from fourth grade classes were given three sessions of Logo instruction. Results provided some preliminary evidence that productive learning of a programming language involves a chain of cognitive changes. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Intermediate Grades, Learning Processes, Logical Thinking, Pretests Posttests, Programing, Spatial Ability
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: LOGO Programing Language