JET_V6_N2_A1 Cheryl Swanier Cheryl Seals Elodie Billionniere Journal of Educational Technology 2230 - 7125 6 2 1 5 Achievement, Creativity, End User Programming, Mathematics Education, K-12, Learning, Scratch, Squeak, Visual Programming This paper aims to address the need of increasing student achievement in mathematics using a visual programming language such as Scratch. This visual programming language facilitates creating an environment where students in K-12 education can develop mathematical simulations while learning a visual programming language at the same time. Furthermore, the study of visual programming tools as a means to increase student achievement in mathematics could possibly generate interests within the computer-supported collaborative learning community. According to Jerome Bruner in Children Learn By Doing, "knowing how something is put together is worth a thousand facts about it. It permits you to go beyond it” (Bruner, 1984, p.183). July - September 2009 Copyright & copy; 2009 i-manager publications. All rights reserved. i-manager Publications http://www.imanagerpublications.com/Article.aspx?ArticleId=784