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n. pl. of child
Child n. 1: A person between
birth and puberty.
Programming language for children 2: An unborn infant; a fetus.
3: One who is childish or
immature.
Programming languages
How children think and learn?
Views on child behavior, learning and psychology
Books
Papers
Projects
My thoughts
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programming Language
Programming languages – A
LISP ACCEL ADES ALADIN[1] ALGOL N Language Arago
MOD Accent ADL[1] ALADIN[2] ALGOL W AML/E ARC
{log} Access ADL[2] ALAM ALGOL X AMP ARCHI
20-GATE ACE ADL[3] Alan ALGOL Y AMPL[1] Arctic
2.PAK ACL[1] ADL[4] A-language ALGY AMPL[2] ARENA
3-LISP ACL[2] AdLog ALC ALIAS AMPLE ARES
473L Query ACOM ADM Alcool-90 ALJABR AMPPL-II Argus
9PAC ACOS ADR/DL ALCOR Alki AMTRAN Ariel
A ACP ADR/IDEAL/PDL Aldat ALLOY ANCP ARITH-MATIC
A# ACT++ ADS ALDES ALM ANDF ARITY
A+ ACT ONE AdvSys ALDiSP ALMA Andorra-I ART
A0 Act1 ADW ALEC ALP Andorra-Prolog ART-IM
A0[2] Act2 AE ALEF ALPACA Animus Artemis
AACC Act3 AED ALEPH[1] ALPAK Anna ARTSPEAK
AADL[1] Actalk Aeolus Aleph[2] ALPHA[1] ANSWER/DB ASDIMPL
AADL[2] Active Language I AESOP[1] Alex[1] ALPHA[2] ANTLR ASDL[1]
AAL[1] Actor Aesop[2] Alex[2] Alphard[1] APAL ASDL[2]
AAL[2] Actors AFAC Alexis AlpHard[2] APAREL ASF
AAL VL Actra AFML ALF ALPS[1] APDL Ashmedai
AAS Macro Actus AgenTalk Alfl ALPS[2] APESE ASIS
ABAP/4 Acumen AGORA Algae ALTAC Aphrodite ASIC
ABC[1] Ada AHDL[1] ALGEBRAIC ALTRAN APL ASL[1]
ABC[2] Ada-83 AHDL[2] ALGOL A-MaCCS APL2 ASL
ABC ALGOL Ada-95 AHPL ALGOL 58 Amanda APLGOL ASM
ABCL/1 Ada++ AID ALGOL 60 Amber[1] APPLE ASN
ABCL/c+ Ada' AIDA[1] ALGOL 60 Modified Amber[2] AppleScript ASP
ABCL/R ADAM AIDA[2] ALGOL 60 Revised AMBIT Applesoft BASIC AspecT
ABCL/R2 ADAMCL AIMACO ALGOL 68 AMBIT/G APPLOG ASPOL
Abel[1] Ada-O AIML[1] ALGOL 68-R AMBIT/L APRIL ASPEN
ABEL[2] Adaplex AIML[2] ALGOL 68 Revised AMBIT/S APS ASPIK
ABEL[3] ADAPT AGP-L ALGOL 68C AMBUSH APSE Aspirin
ABLE AdaTran AKCL ALGOL 68RS AML[1] APT ASPLE
ABSET ADD 1 TO COBOL GI AKL ALGOL 68S AML[2] APTools ASSEMBLY
ABSYS 1 VING COBOL AL[1] ALGOL C AML[3] APX III AS/SET
Abundance AL[2] ALGOL D ACPI Machine AQL ….
programming Language
MARBO
‘Ghost in the machine’
ACT computer center, NIIT
Teaching table-tennis
5th std. Computer class at VidyaMandir, Palanpur
New Era school, Mumbai
Kendriya Vidyalaya, IIT Bombay
From Pavlov to Piaget and
from Papert to Pranav
Ivan Pavlov
Jean Piaget
Lev Vygotsky
J. Bruner
Seymour Papert
…
I think …
Why…
A medium to think
Constructivism and Constructionism
The language to communicate
Learning problem solving
Learning how to learn
…
For …
Role playing
World Creation
Storytelling
Do, Relate, Perform
Learning by experiencing
Learning by exploring
Learning by failing
Ideas…
“I think I know ‘how to do’ something.
I want to learn ‘what to do’.”
Papert on Piaget.
Papert, Seymour. “Papert on Piaget.” Time (March 29, 1999): p.105. http://
www.papert.org/articles/Papertonpiaget.html (accessed February 07, 2005).
Ghost in the Machine: Seymour Papert on How Computers Fundamentally Change the Way Kids
Learn. Interview of Seymour Papert by Dan Schwartz. http://
www.papert.org/articles/GhostInTheMachine.html (accessed February 01, 2005).
How children think and learn
Wood, D. How children think and learn: Understanding children’s worlds. Cambridge, MA: Basil
Blackwell. 1988
Mindstorms
Papert, Seymour. Mindstorms: Children, Computers, and Powerful Ideas. Basic Books. New York. 1980
Effects of Computer Programming on Young Children's Cognition
Clement, D., and Gullo, D. "Effects of Computer Programming on Young Children's Cognition," Journal
of Educational Psychology (vol. 76, no. 6). 1984
Child Power: Keys to the New Learning of the Digital Century Lecture by Seymour Papert. The
eleventh Colin Cherry Memorial Lecture on Communication on June 2, 1998, at the Imperial College in
London
Prototype-Based Programming: Concepts, Languages and Applications
by James Noble, Antero Taivalsaari, Ivan Moore
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