Logo as a prelude to LISP: some surprising results

Authors:
K. Louden
Affiliations:
Department of Mathematics, and Computer Science, San Jose State University
Venue:
ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
Year:
1989

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Abstract

Recently San Jose State University introduced a LOGO-based, rather than a Pascal-based, first course in computer science. This paper reports on an attempt to trace statistically the effect of that curricular change on student performance in a subsequent Lisp course. Student final grades, however, showed no improvement in performance as a result of their prior exposure to functional programming with LOGO.