Helping learners visualize and comprehend algorithms

Interactive Multimedia Electronic Journal of Computer - Enhanced Learning

Volumn 2, Issue , 2000, Pages

  Hansen, Steven R ^a   Narayanan, N Hari ^b   Schrimpsher, Dan ^c  

^a Air Command and Staff College   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Teledyne Brown Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM VISUALIZATIONS (AG); HYPERMEDIA VISUALIZATION; LEARNING AIDS; SELECTIONSORT ALGORITHM;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMATION; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SCIENCE; HYPERMEDIA SYSTEMS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0003313965     PISSN: 15259102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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