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

[Les Richardson <richl@mail.tfsd.sk.ca>]

Hi,

Yes, but we want it to be a success for ALL students..(to some degree). 
You were successful. Many may not be. For the teacher, it's a matter of
judgement as to what will work with her/his particular group.

Les



> 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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