Effective features of algorithm visualizations

SIGCSE Bulletin (Association for Computing Machinery, Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education)

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 382-386

  Saraiya, Purvi ^a   Shaffer, Clifford A ^a   McCrickard, D Scott ^a   North, Chris ^a  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithm visualization; Courseware; Heapsort

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM VISUALIZATION; COURSEWARE; HEAPSORT; PSEUDOCODE;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; DATABASE SYSTEMS; VISUALIZATION;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 33646848257     PISSN: 00978418     EISSN: 00978418     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1028174.971432     Document Type: Conference Paper

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