A key work here is the classic "Towards A Theory Of Instruction" by Jerome Bruner, Harvard/Belknap Press, 1965. This is a must for anyone who is interested in designing and inventing learning environments.
Cheers, Alan ________________________________ From: "fors...@ozonline.com.au" <fors...@ozonline.com.au> To: kksubbu...@gmail.com Cc: Cherry Withers <cwith...@ekindling.org>; Tim McNamara <paperl...@timmcnamara.co.nz>; danielgast...@yahoo.com.ar; Dr. Gerald Ardito <gerald.ard...@gmail.com>; Steve Thomas <stevesar...@gmail.com>; iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org Sent: Tue, September 28, 2010 5:45:39 AM Subject: Re: [IAEP] Etoys, is it difficult or easy? Interesting More on visual and text programming languages http://www98.griffith.edu.au/dspace/bitstream/10072/24250/1/52212_1.pdf Tony Quoting "K. K. Subramaniam" <kksubbu...@gmail.com>: > On Tuesday 28 Sep 2010 2:59:57 am Dr. Gerald Ardito wrote: >> The 5th graders took pretty well to Etoys. It is the drawing piece that >> hooks them, and then the scripting part that really challenges them. And >> the 7th and 8th graders love Scratch. It is interesting to me because they >> also do plenty of "painting" of sprites and backgrounds, but something >> about the bricks seems to match their thinking process. > This could be due to Stroop Effect. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroop_effect > > 5th graders may prefer to doodle with colors, shapes, icons and "physical > models". They can spend more time with manipulating morphs directly and > creating patterns in Etoys. 7th graders, with their language dominant modes, > look upon this as "kids stuff" and would dive right into > "programming". For the > literates, Scratch is much easier than Etoys. > >> I am getting ready to introduce my current 7th grade classes to Scratch and >> am looking forward to that > I came across some cases where this "doodling" actually helped boost learning > levels (across the board). So don't give up on Etoys yet :-). Dual modes > (visual/textual) may be a good thing. > > Subbu > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > > _____________________________________________________ > This mail has been virus scanned by Australia On Line > see http://www.australiaonline.net.au/mailscanning > _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
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