Individual differences among young children in Logo environments

Cognitive Style and Its Effect on the Stages of Programming

“…Several studies have investigated whether field-dependence/field-independence was related to computer programming achievement. Two of the studies (Vaidya, 1985;Webb, 1984) reported that the level of field-dependence/field-independence does not have a significant impact. The remaining studies do report correlations, and Figure 2 shows the magnitude of these correlations.…”

“…The majority of the studies related to computer programming investigate whether field-dependence/field-independence is correlated with programming achievement. Two studies (Vaidya, 1985;Webb, 1984) re-…”

Field Differentiation and LOGO Performance among Zimbabwean Schoolgirls

“…tion and in the workplace, but there have been few studies of individual differences in computer mastery (Vaidya, 1985) and almost no cross-cultural studies of computer competence (Wilson, Mundy-Castle, & Cutts, 1989). LOGO is a popular educational programming language that is hypothesized to promote cognitive development (Robinson, Feldman, & Uhlig, 1987).…”