How effective really are visual programming languages (like MIT's Scratch) for learning?
olientrena738 2020-07-19 05:49:52 27134 Views5 Replies I have doubts about the effectiveness of visual programming languages as learning tools. Am I alone in this? Many college courses, including Harvard's CS50, begin by teaching students basic concepts with a visual programming language, but are these efforts misguided? I really don't see how something like Scratch is a more intuitive or more effective way for someone to learn what a For loop is. Why not just start out with code?
What are your thoughts?
What are your thoughts?
2026-05-15 02:36:25 
love.forcircuits
MIT Scratch is very effective not only for kids but also for grown-ups. Kids can not only learn coding using Scratch. It improves mathematical and language skills, also. It improves their ability to think. Grown-ups can also use this platform for learning basic coding and for troubleshooting code.
love.forcircuits 2021-04-01 06:55:49 Visual programming is much better for me to be honest. I like to see what I'm doing szfejtek
szfejtek love.forcircuits
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2026-05-16 23:09:07 1 Replies
Yeah, it's really interesting. Being a coding teacher, I use Scratch and Pictoblox. I enjoy both of these platforms.
