Skip to main content
CS Teaching Tips

Main navigation

  • Browse All Tips
  • Tags
  • 3D
  • About
  • Rate Tips
  • Tip Sheets

Misconception: Students get confused about why every character in NetLogo is called a turtle even if they don’t look like turtles.

  • Explain to students that every character in NetLogo is called a turtle by definition.

More about this tip

Tags

  • Content Misconceptions
External Source
Interview with Elisa Cundiff
Other Tips By
Other Tips By Elisa Cundiff

Similar tips

Discuss and explore the difference between additive (sequential) and multiplicative (nested) loop structures to give students practice reasoning about loops.
Suggest that students use the “when green flag clicked” block when creating clones in Scratch to avoid exponential cloning.
Misconception: Students believe that in a primitive assignment, x = y could be the equivalent of y = x; they think that the computer science “=” sign is the same as the mathematical “=” sign.

For more information or to report a bug, contact us at admin@csteachingtips.org. Built with Bootstrap. Powered by Drupal.

Privacy Policy