Once students gain an understanding of basic programming logic concepts, the transition to a programming language such as Python or Java, in the same course or the next course, is often much easier for them.
Visual Logic is not taught separately, but integrated with the various Java control structures. The third course is a CS1 course which uses Visual Logic as a tool to teach programming concepts and to brainstorm solutions. The second is a CS0 course which uses Visual Logic for six weeks and then transitions to Python. The first course is a General Education CS course introducing algorithmic thinking. In this paper, we present three different courses, developed independently at three different colleges, using Visual Logic with completely different approaches. Visual Logic© (is an interactive, graphical, flowchart tool that can be used to address this challenge. One of the main challenges students in introductory programming courses face is learning the syntax of a particular programming language, such as C++ or Java, while they simultaneously try to understand the fundamental logic of programming constructs.
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