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Misconception: Students think the positioning of scripts within the script area in Scratch influences the order in which they are executed.

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  • For example, students may think that scripts run from the top of the script area to the bottom and from the left to the right.
    • In fact, the positioning of the scripts does not influence in what order they are executed at all.

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  • Scratch
  • Content Misconceptions
  • Intro Programming
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