RE: [seul-edu] programming courses for 6 th grades

["Jason Mellen" <jmellen@cfl.rr.com>]

I agree that LOGO is a good way to begin learning. That is what I was taught
by my elementary teacher.

One thing to consider is proving more advanced instruction to those who want
it. In sixth grade most students were able to grasp the basics but not much
more. However a few caught on quickly and got bored. We started
experimenting with more advanced features and also helped the others. The
point is just let those, who can, do more.

jmellen

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Jason Mellen
Palm Bay High School
Webmaster / TSA Reporter / Television Producer


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-seul-edu@seul.org [mailto:owner-seul-edu@seul.org]On Behalf
> Of Les Richardson
> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 2:30 PM
> To: seul-edu@seul.org
> Subject: Re: [seul-edu] programming courses for 6 th grades
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> I would suggest a more graphics oriented language like Logo, and deal only
> with very limited control structures, perhaps focussing more on the Turtle
> Graphics aspect, and less of the list processing capabilities. We don't
> want to turn this into an intelligence test.....
>
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> I would suggest that this would be very difficult for many 6th
> graders, and
> might be more useful at a Gr. 8 -10 Level.
>
> Les Richardson
> H. Hardcastle School
> Edam, Sk. Canada
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> At 09:08 PM 5/12/01 +0300, you wrote:
> >hi,
> >
> >we are planning to give programming courses to the 6th grades
> and start by
> >BASIC or Pascal. does anybody have an experience to share with us? do you
> >have any lesson plans about programming courses to the young pupils?
> >
> >thanx
> >
> >
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>