StarLogo TNG : the convergence of graphical programming and text processing

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McCaffrey, Corey (Corey Stanley Gordon)
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Convergence of graphical programming and text processing
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
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Eric Klopfer.
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Abstract
StarLogo TNG is a robust graphical programming environment for secondary students. Despite the educational advantages of graphical programming, TNG has sustained criticism from some who object to the exclusion of a textual language. Recognizing the benefits of text processing and the power of controlling software with a keyboard, I sought to incorporate text-processing techniques into TNG's graphical language. The key component of this work is an innovation dubbed "Typeblocking," by which users construct block code through the use of a keyboard.
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Thesis (M. Eng. and S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2006.
 
This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.
 
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 67-68).
 
Date issued
2006
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/36904
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Keywords
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
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