O Uso da linguagem de programação (logo) como recurso para o desenvolvimento cognitivo na educação básica.

Abstract

School education, observing the context of the present society, considered as a society of knowledge, which has been mediated mainly through technological means, imposes the school institution, the condition can not be unrelated to this social prerogative, so it must to be providing to its target public, as a whole, already enabling in the initial series of schooling the access to communication and information technologies, making these as didactic and pedagogical resources that present themselves as a means for the cognitive development of the student, and consequently their inclusion in the social environment. In this perspective, the use of educational software is essential for the success of this objective, and the LOGO programming language, due to its structure and dynamics of user interaction and the machine presents itself as an excellent possibility for the introduction of technological concepts to students.