DocumentCode :
2545990
Title :
Do it this way: equal opportunity programming for kids
Author :
Cockburn, Andy ; Bryant, Andrew
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Canterbury Univ., Christchurch, New Zealand
fYear :
1996
fDate :
24-27 Nov 1996
Firstpage :
246
Lastpage :
251
Abstract :
End-user programming is becoming increasingly common-from setting the controls on a VCR to creating a home-finance spreadsheet. This paper describes Leogo, a novel user-interface that promotes programming skills in primary and junior schools. Users can express their programming tasks through any mixture of three concurrently active programming paradigms: by direct-manipulation using `programming by demonstration´; by clicking buttons and dragging sliders in an iconic language; and by typing commands in a normal text-based language. Leogo´s design, development and evaluation are described
Keywords :
LOGO; computer science education; graphical user interfaces; visual languages; visual programming; Leogo; VCR; buttons; direct-manipulation; end-user programming; equal opportunity programming; home-finance spreadsheet; iconic language; junior schools; primary schools; programming by demonstration; programming skills; sliders; text-based language; user-interface; Clocks; Computer languages; Computer science; Displays; Educational institutions; Home computing; Natural languages; Programming environments; Programming profession; Video recording;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Computer-Human Interaction, 1996. Proceedings., Sixth Australian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Hamilton
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7525-X
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/OZCHI.1996.560017
Filename :
560017
Link To Document :
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