Alice, Greenfoot, and Scratch - A Discussion

Michael Kölling

Alice, Greenfoot, and Scratch - A Discussion

Michael Kölling

Informatics

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Abstract

This article distills a discussion about the goals, mechanisms, and effects of three environments which aim to support the acquisition and development of computing concepts (problem solving and programming) in pre-University and non-technical students: Alice, Greenfoot, and Scratch. The conversation started in a special session on the topic at the 2010 ACM SIGCSE Symposium on Computer Science Education and continued during the creation of the resulting Special Issue of the ACM Transactions on Computing Education.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	182-196
Journal	Transactions of Computing Education
Volume	10
Issue number	4
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2010

Keywords

Greenfoot
Alice
Scratch
Visual Programming Language
Programming Languages
Programming environment

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