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I don't have a source, but my guess is that it's much more intuitive for kids to program in an imperative style rather than anything else. So provided that the
by msravi 10y ago
I don't have a source, but my guess is that it's much more intuitive for kids to program in an imperative style rather than anything else. So provided that the base API that you provide them is not too complicated, my guess is that even kids in the 7-9 age bracket will "get" a programming style that goes turn_right(), forward(10), turn_left(), stop(), rather than the block editing.
- mcv 10y agoBlockly actually gives the code resulting from your block program. I think block editors work fine in a very simple situation where you have a very limited set of primitives you can use, like in the blockly exercises. I think Scratch already has way too many options to get lost in. At some point, typing becomes easier than searching through several lists of blocks.