Reading, Writing, Arithmetic,... and JavaScript?
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Khan Academy uses ProcessingJS canvas drawing to teach JavaScript with step-by-step exercises; about 330,000 students load the first H for Hopper challenge and 51,000 supply age data, with completion rates rising from ~70% at age 8 to ~86% by mid-teens and ~82% for 13-year-olds. A later logic exercise (18,000 starts, 5,000 ages) shows bigger gaps: ~57% completion at age 9 versus ~73% at 13, testing if/comparator logic and an animation loop (bouncing ball).
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