This article is a survey of program visualization systems intended for teaching beginners
about the runtime behavior of computer programs. Our focus is on generic systems that are …

Computer science core instruction attempts to provide a detailed understanding of dynamic
processes such as the working of an algorithm or the flow of information between computing …

Computer science educators are increasingly using interactive learning content to enrich
and enhance the pedagogy of their courses. A plethora of such learning content, specifically …

Abstract The OpenDSA Project seeks to provide complete instructional materials for data
structures and algorithms (DSA) courses. Our vision for a highly interactive eTextbook …

The material taught in a Formal Languages and Automata (FLA) course is mathematical in
nature and requires students to practice proofs and algorithms to understand the content …

Visual program simulation (VPS) is a new, interactive form of educational program
visualisation, in which learners use graphical controls to direct a program's execution rather …

Teaching basic algorithmic concepts to novices is not an easy task. Existing research has
given considerable information about students' alternative conceptions and faulty mental …

This paper presents results from three interrelated studies focusing on introducing TRAKLA2
to students taking courses on data structures and algorithms at the University of Turku and\r …

This paper presents the results of the case study introducing TRAKLA2 system in the course
of data structures and algorithms at the University of Turku in 2004. We compared students' …

In this study, we report on the results of studies in which two randomized groups of students
are monitored while they solved exercises in a Data Structures and Algorithms (DSA) …