… In this paper, the distinguishing features between block-based environments and text-based …
transition to text-based languages, this paper identifies two significant weaknesses to block-…

… the modality used (block-based versus text-based) prepares learners for conventional text-based …
(block-based versus text-based) impact learners when they transition to a professional …

… blocks, aids initial manipulation and discoverability. When novices continue with programming,
they will likely do so by transitioning to a text… that can show blocks and text, and there also …

… One aspect of Python with which transitioning learners appear to have difficulty is block
indentation, the semantics of which they may initially find difficult to grasp and its use hard to …

… (block-based, text-based, and hybrid blocks/text) prepare learners for the transition to
conventional text-… science classrooms, comparing isomorphic block-based, text-based, and hybrid …

… pose challenges for many learners transitioning from block-based to text-based systems. …
an interim step, learners progress through two transitions instead of one. Figure 7 illustrates this…

… transitioning from block-based to text… block-based and text-based divide. Below we review
research on BBP generally and then review research specifically focused on the blocks-to-text …

… , each of which integrated text-based … of blocks-based programming on students' emerging
understandings, document challenges students face in transitioning from blocks-based to text-…

… One purpose of this study was to compare one-way transitions to dual-modality environments
with regards to learning a text-based language, and how the two modalities differ with …

… Transitioning from block-based programming to text-based … encountered when transitioning
from block-based to text-… : (i) learning Scratch, (ii) transitioning from Scratch to Python using …