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

["zeruch [Joseph Estevao Arruda]" <z@valinux.com>]

I disagree.  I learned Basic and Logo when I was in 6th grade (and that
was in 1986).  Basic was a little bit harder, but much more engaging
(part of Basic's advantage was that it really solidified the basic human
communication aspect of 'thinking in language').

z

Les Richardson wrote:
> 
> 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.....
> 
> 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
> 
> 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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