Rationale Behind the Design of the EduVisor Software Visualization Component

Authors:
Jan Moons;Carlos De Backer
Affiliations:
Department of Management Information Systems, Faculty of Applied Economics, Universiteit Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium;Department of Management Information Systems, Faculty of Applied Economics, Universiteit Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium
Venue:
Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science (ENTCS)
Year:
2009

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Abstract

The EduVisor software visualization component is a new pedagogical tool specifically developed to address some wide-spread problems in teaching object-oriented technology to novice programmers. The visualization tool is integrated in a world-class IDE, and shows the students the structure of their own creations at runtime. EduVisor is based on a solid grounding in literature and over 25 years of combined experience in teaching a CS1 course. With this component we have set the goal of helping our students progress faster through the most difficult initial stages of programming.