PROLOG in Education

Nichol, Jon; Briggs, John C.; Dean, Jackie

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“…This was a declarative language, very different from the sequential algorithmic languages familiar to most programmers of the time. To overcome this novelty, a Man in the Street Interface (MITSI) was written by Jonathan Briggs at Imperial College London, and made popular by Jon Nichol from the School of Education, University of Exeter [1,2]. Jackie Dean worked in Western Australia, providing an antipodean link.…”

Section: The Bbc Microcomputer -A Withered Branchmentioning

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Lessons from Discarded Computer Architectures

Fluck

2010

History of Computing. Learning From the Past

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Abstract. The BBC microcomputer was one of several nationally produced which were superseded by the International Business Machines (IBM) Personal Computer (PC). This reflected the results of both an international market competition and rivalry between different US processor manufacturers. Along with the hardware, valuable software and supporting educational ideologies were discarded. As we make choices about technological innovation, to what degree are we selecting potential efficacy or responding to marketing hype?

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Section: The Bbc Microcomputer -A Withered Branchmentioning

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Lessons from Discarded Computer Architectures

Fluck

2010

History of Computing. Learning From the Past

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Effect sizes associated with micro-prolog-based computer-assisted learning

Fraser

Teh

1994

Computers & Education

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Teaching PROLOG programming in the secondary school

Cope

1989

Computer Assisted Learning

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A PROLOG programming course was trialed on a class of twelve 16–17 year‐old pupils who had varied previous experience of computing. The pupils were studying a variety of other subjects but would normally be considered to be of a high level of ability. The course was taught over a period of 15 weeks and lasted approximately 60 hours. Concepts covered included recursion and list processing. Most pupils were able to become reasonably competent over this period and one or two excelled. Previous experience of programming appeared to be an advantage if it had involved formal instruction in structured programming but indications were that self‐taught BASIC proved to be an obstacle. It was concluded that further investigation of PROLOG as a school programming language would be worthwhile.

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PROLOG in Education

Cited by 3 publications

References 7 publications

Lessons from Discarded Computer Architectures

Lessons from Discarded Computer Architectures

Effect sizes associated with micro-prolog-based computer-assisted learning

Teaching PROLOG programming in the secondary school

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