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Students may have an easier time learning about conditionals when using a visual programming language like Scratch.

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  • It may be that visual languages allow students to focus more productively on the meaning of the program elements by removing much of their syntactic difficulty.

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  • Scratch
  • Intro Programming
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From How Programming Environment Shapes Perception, Learning and Goals: Logo vs. Scratch, by Colleen Lewis

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