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Cooperative Means To Interdisciplinary Ends, Judi Harris
Cooperative Means To Interdisciplinary Ends, Judi Harris
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Many educators find Logo to be a natural facilitator of group cooperative problem solving activities. This article shifts focus from a Logo project idea to the cooperative development process that was its genesis.
Paper, Process, And Polyhedra: When The Product Isn't A Picture, Judi Harris
Paper, Process, And Polyhedra: When The Product Isn't A Picture, Judi Harris
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Add folded paper "fortune cookies" to the paper airplane and the inflatable folded paper box, and you have the basis for disciplinary action -- or a fascinating investigation into the properties of the polyhedra, and the transformation of two-dimensional drawings into three-dimensional shapes.
Hier And Hier: Logo And Ancient Egyptian Writing, Judi Harris
Hier And Hier: Logo And Ancient Egyptian Writing, Judi Harris
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This article discusses a Logo activity involving the use of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics. It capitalizes upon an interest in Ancient Egyptian society while encouraging the use of single-function Logo sub-procedures in a group programming project.
Logo Music: A Numerical Denomination, Judi Harris
Logo Music: A Numerical Denomination, Judi Harris
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Fractional relationships are difficult for students to understand. Perhaps this is because there are few non-contrived "real-life" situations that can be used as effective models for instruction of these somewhat abstruse concepts. Yet, there is a motivating, easily understandable, culturally relevant microworld which quite naturally utilizes fractional relationships and operations: Music!
Euler And The Turtle, Judi Harris
Euler And The Turtle, Judi Harris
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If "growing up" means losing the joyful, experimentative, problem-solving flexibility that is innately childlike, then we Logo-ers must reserve a special corner of our personalities that will never "mature". Chances are you have already done that, and your love for Logo stems partly from the opportunity that it affords to exercise the "never-neverland" option. This article discusses classroom activities related to Logo.