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Mulspren: a MUltiple Language Simulation PRogramming ENvironment
Arlington, Virginia, USA September 03-September 06
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/HCC.2002.1046360IEEE 2002 Symposium on Human Centric ...
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Tim Wright, University of Canterbury
Andy Cockburn, University of Canterbury
This paper describes a visual programming environment for children: Mulspren. Unlike many conventional visual programming environments, Mulspren users program using two languages: an English-like language and a conventional programming language. We believe that showing multiple representations of a program, combined with good program visualisation support, will help children create a good mental model of conventional programming constructs. This model may be helpful later in life when they have to modify programs written in conventional languages, for example Visual Basic or Microsoft Word macros.
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Tim Wright, Andy Cockburn, "Mulspren: a MUltiple Language Simulation PRogramming ENvironment," hcc, pp.101, IEEE 2002 Symposium on Human Centric Computing Languages and Environments (HCC'02), 2002
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