This paper describes and comments on a seven year old's experiences with turtle graphics in order to explore some important issues with regard to using computers in education and to probe into the question of what programming ideas and projects will engage young children. The case study which is described took place at the Artificial Intelligence LOGO Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where the child, a second grader, spent several hours on a consecutive Saturday and Sunday, talking in LOGO to a display turtle and a PDP-11/45 computer, and engaging in debugging sessions. Nine references are listed. (Author/LLS)
Authors
- Authorizing Institution
- Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge. Artificial Intelligence Lab.
- Peer Reviewed
- F
- Publication Type
- Reports - Research
- Published in
- United States of America
- Sponsor
- ['National Inst. of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC.', 'National Science Foundation, Washington, DC.']
Table of Contents
- Solomon Cynthia J. Papert Seymour A Case Study of a Young Child Doing Turtle Graphics Massachusetts Inst. of Tech. Cambridge. Artificial 1
- Instruction Computer Graphics Computer Orientec Programs Computers Grade 2 Primary Education 1
- Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made 1
- MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 2
- A Case Study of a Young Child Doing Turtle Graphics in LOGO 2
- Published in the proceedings of the National Computer 2
- SEYMOUR PAPERT 3
- I saw it coming and began 5
- X minute and ventually prodwed the result she 6
- 3. She had trouble remembering to p . 6
- My Intention on the day before was to make an 7
- It might be 10
