Fully integrating algorithm visualization into a cs2 course.: A two-year experience

ITiCSE 2007: 12th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education - Inclusive Education in Computer Science

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 296-300

  Crescenzi, Pilu ^a   Nocentini, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Algorithm and data structure visualization; CS2 course

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; DATA STRUCTURES; TAXONOMIES; TEXTBOOKS;

ALGORITHM VISUALIZATION TECHNOLOGY; ALGORITHM VISUALIZATION TOOLS; DATA STRUCTURE VISUALIZATION;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 34548104830     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1268784.1268869     Document Type: Conference Paper

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