• DocumentCode
    2870645
  • Title

    Constructivist and Constructionist Approaches to Constructing Algorithm Visualizations: A Proposal

  • Author

    Lee, Ming-Han ; Rossling, Guido

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Comput. Sci., Tech. Univ. Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    6-8 July 2011
  • Firstpage
    171
  • Lastpage
    173
  • Abstract
    The didactic focus on algorithm visualization (AV) in CS education has been shifting to the construction of AV by students. Based on the principles of Constructivism and Constructionism and our observation, we propose approaches to constructing algorithm visualizations that may have been overlooked in the current practice of AV design, implementation and deployment.
  • Keywords
    computer aided instruction; computer science education; data visualisation; CS education; algorithm visualization; computer science education; constructionism; constructivism; Algorithm design and analysis; Animation; Education; Encoding; Proposals; Visualization; Algorithm Visualization; CS Education; Constructionism; Constructivism;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT), 2011 11th IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Athens, GA
  • ISSN
    2161-3761
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-61284-209-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    2161-3761
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICALT.2011.56
  • Filename
    5992314