Picture Slideshow on Saturday 24th of October, 2009

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Drawing Figures Using Euclidean Reality (5th Oct, 2009)

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Drawing Figures Using Euclidean Reality

Euclidean Reality Kitz

A Research on Pc Logo Program by Year 4

REPORT

Last Monday on the 28th of September 2009, I went to Rimba II Primary School to carry out a research on Logo program. It was conducted in the staff room. I had chosen one pupil from year 4 for the research. Before conducting the study, I interviewed the pupil whether she had done basic Pc logo program. It seemed that the program has never been introduced to her during ICT lesson.

As the program was very new to the pupil, I had to show basic instruction like `FD’ (Forward) to move the turtle to the front, `RT’ (right turn) to turn the turtle to the right, `LT’ (left turn) to turn the turtle to the left and `CS’ to delete a figure before drawing a new figure. The pupil was able to catch up with the tutorial easily by applying `FD’, `RT’, `LT’ and `CS’ appropriately to draw a basic figure of a square.

After the tutorial, the pupil was given time to draw squares of different sizes on her own. The pupil was able to draw a rectangle by applying the same method as in square. The pupil cleverly used a bigger number after `RT’ 90 to draw a rectangle. As an example in drawing a square, she used Fd 100 Rt 90 fd 100 rt 90 Fd 100 rt 90 Fd 100 while in drawing a rectangle, she used Fd 100 Rt 90 fd 60 rt 90 Fd 100 rt 90 Fd 60. In the research, the pupil was instructed to draw a figure of her interest. The pupil was able to draw a house by combining a triangle and a rectangle.

In the research, the pupil had acquired the basic skill in using Pc logo program. She was able to draw a square, a rectangle and a triangle. The pupil understood that `Fd’ is used to draw the length. She was able to recognize that the numbers used in drawing a square `Fd 100’ is the length of the sides. Therefore, when drawing a rectangle the pupil applied a smaller number to draw the breadth of the rectangle `Fd 60’.But on the other hand, she could not relate `Rt’ which has the same concept with angle. When she drew the triangle she blindly type numbers for `RT’ and `FD’ to arrive at the figure of a triangle. Above all, the pupil was very interested during the practical.

As a conclusion, the pupil was able to carry out simple instructions given by the teacher. The knowledge was not in depth due to limitation of time. The pupil wished to spend more time to learn more about the program. If I had the chance in the future I would like to help the Year 4 pupils in Rimba II Primary school to study the basic Pc logo program during ICT lesson.