Whilst [[Jean Piaget]] created the term [[Constructivism|constructivism]], his student [[Seymour Papert]] created the term [[Constructionism|constructionism]] which incorporates constructivist theories of learning, but also posits that learning happens most effectively when constructing tangible artefacts in the world. He talks about ideas of mathland, where akin to how a child acquires language through immersion in environments, computers could have the affordance for creating such environments that allow children to develop mathematical skills through engaging with and creating inside mathematical worlds [[@papertMindstormsChildrenComputers1980|(Papert, 1980)]]. However, this may not be a fitting analogy given [[Noam Chomsky|Chomsky's]] claim of an innate [[Language acquisition device|language acquisition device]] representing universal aspects of grammar, hence language and mathematics may be fundamentally different in the ways they are processes and acquired by the mind. --- TODO: * talk about LOGO, mindstorms, turtle * make linked page for OLPC and computer cultures