StarLogo TNG : the convergence of graphical programming and text processing

• Main Author: McCaffrey, Corey (Corey Stanley Gordon)
• Other Authors: Eric Klopfer.
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2007
• Subjects: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/36904

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). === 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. === by Corey McCaffrey. === M.Eng.and S.B.