ken@aiai.ed.ac.uk (Ken Johnson) (08/24/89)
As requested... The best ones, I think, are those by MARTIN, ROSS, ABELSON and HARVEY, but don't take my word for it. Some good books and papers about Logo Entries marked * have been changed since this information was last published (by BLUG). Abelson H. Apple Logo. Peterborough (New Hampshire): Byte McGraw Hill. 1982. Abelson H. Logo for the Apple II. Peterborough (New Hampshire): Byte McGraw Hill. 1982. Abelson H and DiSessa A. Turtle Geometry. Cambridge (Massachusetts): MIT Press. 1981. Allan, B. Introducing Logo. London: Granada Publishing. 1984. Bearden D. 1, 2, 3, my computer and me, a Logo funbook for kids. Prentice Hall. 1983. Bearden D, Martin K and Muller J. The Turtle's sourcebook. Prentice Hall. 1983. Bundy A (editor). Artificial intelligence, an introductory course. Edinburgh University Press. 1978. Goodyear P M. Logo, a guide to learning through programming. Ellis Horwood. 1983. Hammond R. Forward 100: Logo and your child, a new way of learning. Penguin. 1984. * Harvey B. Computer science Logo style. In 3 volumes. MIT Press. Vol. 1: 1985; vol. 2: 1986; vol. 3: 1987. Heller R S, Martin C D and Wright J L. Logoworlds. Rockville, Maryland: Computer Science Press. 1985 Hughes M. Children and number, difficulties in learning mathematics. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. 1986 Johnson K R. Some notes on Logo style. Edinburgh University, Department of Artificial Intelligence Working Paper 175. October 1984. Johnson K R. You can't get there from here. In: Camacho A (editor). APL 86 Tutorials. London: British Informatics Society Limited, pages 5-10. 1986. Lawler R. Computer experience and cognitive development. Chichester: Ellis Horwood. 1985. Lienard, B. 3-D Logo turtle graphics. London: University of London Institute of Education. 1986. McDougall A, Adams T and Adams P. Learning Logo on the Apple II. Sydney, Australia: Prentice Hall. 1982. Martin A (editor). Teaching and learning with Logo. London: Croom Helm. 1986. Maxwell B. A Term with a floor turtle. Hatfield, Hertfordshire: Chiltern Advisory Unit. 198??. Nelson H. Techniques for Logo programming. Addison Wesley. 1984. Noss R, Smallman C, Thorne M. Microworlds, adventures with Logo. London: Hutchinson. 1985. Noss R. Programming and mathematics, is small really beautiful? Micromath 2 (1) pp 26-29 1986 Papert S. Mindstorms: children, computers and powerful ideas. Brighton: Harvester Press. 1980. Ross P M. Logo programming. London: Addison Wesley. 1983. Sharples M. Cognition, computers and creative writing. Chichester: Ellis Horwood. 1985 * Soloway E and Spohrer J C (editors) Studying the novice programmer. Hillsdale, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. 1989 Thornburg D D. Discovering Apple Logo: an invitation to the art and pattern of nature. London: Addison Wesley. 1983. Turkle S. The second self, computers and the human spirit. Granada. 1984. Watt D. Learning with Logo. Maidenhead, Berkshire: McGraw Hill UK. 1982. Yazdani M (editor). New horizons in educational computing. Ellis Horwood. 1984. Various authors: Byte Magazine, Logo issue, vol 7 (8). August 1982. Journals * Logos Published termly by The British Logo Users Group * Logo Exchange Published nine times a year by SIGLogo/ICCE 1787 Agate Street, Eugene, Oregon 97405, United States. Phone 503-686 4414. * Star Logo Published by Logotron Limited, Dales Brewery, Gwydir Street, Cambridge, CB1 2LJ. Phone Cambridge (0223) 323656. Electronic mailing list Mail to logo-friends@aiai.ed.ac.uk will be distributed to everyone on the list. Mail to logo-friends-request@aiai.ed.ac.uk goes to the manager of the list (Ken Johnson) so send requests to go on the list to this address. -- Ken Johnson, AI Applications Institute, 80 South Bridge, Edinburgh EH1 1HN E-mail ken@aiai.ed.ac.uk, phone 031-225 4464 extension 212 `I have read your article, Mr. Johnson, and I am no wiser than when I started.' -- `Possibly not, sir, but far better informed.'