{"type":"ScholarlyArticle","title":"LOGO as an Information Prosthetic for Communication and Control","authors":[{"name":"Sylvia Weir","slug":"sylvia-weir","given":"Sylvia","family":"Weir","affiliation":""}],"abstract":"When u~ed with physically handicapped and learning di~abled children, computer·b~ed LOGO activ ities can serve diagno~tic and therapeutic purposes, as well a.< provide insights into theories of knowledge repre~entation and cognitive functionina in general. The impact of LOGO nows from the active role taken by the Mudent~ in initiating and controlling their activities; from the ~pecifically spatial geometric emphasis of the!oe activitie~: from the ready availability of problem-~lution patfor scrutiny by the. ~tudent and by the teacher; and from the prosthetic value of the computer in providing a means for the upres~ion of otherwise trapped intellisence in this population.","doi":null,"url":"https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1981/185","pdf":"https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1981/0185.pdf","markdown":"https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1981/185.md","bibtex":"https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1981/bibtex/185","volume":{"slug":"1981","title":"Proceedings of the Seventh International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence","short_title":"IJCAI 1981","url":"https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1981/","year":1981,"location":"Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada","dates":"24-28 August 1981","editors":"Roger C. Schank","isbn":"","publisher":"International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence","doi_prefix":""},"section":"Computer Aided Instruction","track":"Computer Aided Instruction","number":185,"pages":{"first":970,"last":973},"keywords":[],"videos":[],"references":[],"license_note":"Copyright International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence."}