摘要：During the last decade, coding has come to the foreground of educational trends as a
strong mean for developing students’ Computational Thinking (or CT). However, there is still
limited research that looks at coding and Computational Thinking activities through the lens of
constructionism. In this paper, we discuss how the knowledge we already have from other thinking
paradigms and pedagogical theories, such as constructionism and mathematical thinking, can
inform new integrated designs for the cultivation of Computational Thinking. In this context, we
explore students’ engagement with MaLT (Machine Lab Turtle-sphere)1
, an online environment of
our design that integrates Logo textual programming with the affordances of dynamic manipulation,
3D graphics and camera navigation. We also present a study on how the integration of the
above affordances can promote constructionist learning and lead to the development of CT skills
along with the generation of meanings about programming concepts.
关键词：Logo geometry; computational thinking; programming; dynamic manipulation;
3D graphics;
