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ERIC Number: EJ589964
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0735-6331
A Cybernetic Approach To Study the Learnability of the LOGO Turtle World.
Ippel, Martin J.; Meulemans, Caroline J. M.
Journal of Educational Computing Research, v19 n2 p191-221 1998
This study of second- and third-grade students in the Netherlands tests the hypothesis that simplification of the semantic structure will facilitate semantic understanding and acquisition of syntax knowledge within the LOGO Turtle World. Two microworlds were designed applying the theory of automata and abstract languages. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Foreign Countries, Grade 2, Grade 3, Hypothesis Testing, Microworlds, Primary Education, Semantics, Syntax
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Automata Theory; LOGO Programming Language; Netherlands