Algorithm Visualization in CS Education: Comparing Levels of Student Engagement

Proceedings of ACM Symposium on Software Visualization

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 87-94

  Grissom, Scott ^a   McNally, Myles F ^c   Naps, Tom ^b  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Wis Oshkosh   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Algorithm visualization; Computer science education; Sorting algorithms

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM VISUALIZATION;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; STUDENTS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 0141894909     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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