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Action Graphics

A Spreadsheet-Based Language for Animated Simulation

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Visual Languages and Applications

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In his book Mindstorms, Seymour Papert describes a vision of how computers can create “micro worlds” in which the innate beauty of mathematics, physics, and other sciences are revealed to children. Many of us who are interested in helping children develop their problem-solving skills share his vision.

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  1. Computer Science Department, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, 32816, USA

    Charles E. Hughes & J. Michael Moshell

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  1. Faculty of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, 724, Japan

    Tadao Ichikawa

  2. Swedish Defence Research Establishment, S-581 11, Linköping, Sweden

    Erland Jungert

  3. Department of Information Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15260, USA

    Robert R. Korfhage

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Hughes, C.E., Moshell, J.M. (1990). Action Graphics. In: Ichikawa, T., Jungert, E., Korfhage, R.R. (eds) Visual Languages and Applications. Languages and Information Systems. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0569-9_12

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