Integrating algorithm visualization technology into an undergraduate algorithms course: Ethnographic studies of a social constructivist approach

Computers and Education

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 237-260

  Hundhausen, Christopher D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperative collaborative learning; Evaluation of CAL systems; Pedagogical issues; Simulations; Teaching learning strategies

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; TEACHING; VIDEO RECORDING; VISUALIZATION;

COOPERATIVE/COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; EVALUATION OF CAL SYSTEMS; PEDAGOGICAL ISSUES; SIMULATIONS; TEACHING/LEARNING STRATEGY;

STUDENTS;

EID: 31244433184     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-1315(02)00044-1     Document Type: Article

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