Empirical studies of the value of algorithm animation in algorithm understanding
Empirical studies of the value of algorithm animation in algorithm understanding
From multimedia instruction to multimedia evaluation
Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia
Integrating algorithm animation into a learning environment
Computers & Education
Using student-built algorithm animations as learning aids
SIGCSE '97 Proceedings of the twenty-eighth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
Proceedings of the thirty-second SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer Science Education
Rethinking the evaluation of algorithm animations as learning aids: an observational study
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
Designing Web Usability: The Practice of Simplicity
Designing Web Usability: The Practice of Simplicity
Dancing hamsters and marble statues: characterizing student visualizations of algorithms
Proceedings of the 2003 ACM symposium on Software visualization
Exploring the role of visualization and engagement in computer science education
Working group reports from ITiCSE on Innovation and technology in computer science education
Evaluating the educational impact of visualization
Working group reports from ITiCSE on Innovation and technology in computer science education
Results from the evaluation of the effectiveness of an online tutor on expression evaluation
Proceedings of the 36th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
WinHIPE: an IDE for functional programming based on rewriting and visualization
ACM SIGPLAN Notices
An Evaluation of the Effortless Approach to Build Algorithm Animations with WinHIPE
Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science (ENTCS)
An approach to effortless construction of program animations
Computers & Education
A Survey of Successful Evaluations of Program Visualization and Algorithm Animation Systems
ACM Transactions on Computing Education (TOCE) - Special Issue on the 5th Program Visualization Workshop (PVW’08)
Multimedia Learning
A Review of Generic Program Visualization Systems for Introductory Programming Education
ACM Transactions on Computing Education (TOCE)
CSTutor: A Sketch-Based Tool for Visualizing Data Structures
ACM Transactions on Computing Education (TOCE)
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In this paper we study two different approaches to using program animations with educational aims: their construction by students -a constructivist and active approach- and their vision -a less active approach. In addition, we compare both approaches to a traditional teaching methodology where animations are not used. We have conducted an experiment with functional program animations using an existing IDE with visualization features called WinHIPE. We have analyzed the results in terms of Bloom's Taxonomy and the complexity of the topics covered. We have detected learning improvements in high levels of Bloom's Taxonomy, namely analysis and synthesis. Moreover, our results show that program animations are unnecessary for simple topics, support the joint use of vision and construction tasks in medium-complexity topics, and recommend vision tasks together with the typical methodology but without the use of animations in the most complex topics.