A Java visualiser class: incorporating algorithm visualisations into students' programs
ITiCSE '98 Proceedings of the 6th annual conference on the teaching of computing and the 3rd annual conference on Integrating technology into computer science education: Changing the delivery of computer science education
Demonstration of the Interactive Graph-Visualization System da Vinci
GD '94 Proceedings of the DIMACS International Workshop on Graph Drawing
Exploring the role of visualization and engagement in computer science education
Working group reports from ITiCSE on Innovation and technology in computer science education
Interactive Visualization of Java Programs
HCC '02 Proceedings of the IEEE 2002 Symposia on Human Centric Computing Languages and Environments (HCC'02)
Using Visualizations to Learn Algorithms: Should Students Construct Their Own, or View an Expert's?
VL '00 Proceedings of the 2000 IEEE International Symposium on Visual Languages (VL'00)
From Schema and Model Translation to a Model Management System
BNCOD '08 Proceedings of the 25th British national conference on Databases: Sharing Data, Information and Knowledge
Automated construction of memory diagrams for program comprehension
Proceedings of the 48th Annual Southeast Regional Conference
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We present a simple, general-purpose tool for visualising Java data structures. The tool uses Java reflection and an open-source graph drawing program to produce text-book quality depictions of arbitrary Java objects.The tool offers certain pedagogical advantages over other "heavy-weight" visualisation systems. Its simplicity and generality means that students are able to visualise their own data structures, rather than passively observing a limited range of "correct" visualisations prepared in advance by the lecturer.The tool supports an active, exploratory style of learning, and is ideally suited for use in CS1-level courses that introduce Java references and arrays, as well as a range of CS2-level data structure material. Initial classroom results are encouraging.