Title :
A system for algorithms´ animation
Author :
Merlini, D. ; Petruzzi, S. ; Sprugnoli, R. ; Verri, M.C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Syst. & Inf., Florence Univ., Italy
Abstract :
We present the prototype of an algorithm animation system, seen as a tool for teaching basic algorithms in Computer Science. An important property of our system is the active role played by the student: he/she is allowed to interact with an algorithm in order to understand its behaviour (he/she can stop it, backtrack and rerun it) and can perform exercises, proposed at random, to gain the necessary skill to reproduce the algorithm
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; computer science education; program visualisation; algorithm animation; computer science; software development systems; software visualization; teaching basic algorithms; Animation; Heuristic algorithms; Information technology; Java; Libraries; Performance gain; Programming; Prototypes; Software tools; Visualization;
Conference_Titel :
Multimedia Computing and Systems, 1999. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Florence
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0253-9
DOI :
10.1109/MMCS.1999.778649
