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Algorithm simulation with automatic assessment

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ITiCSE '00: Proceedings of the 5th annual SIGCSE/SIGCUE ITiCSEconference on Innovation and technology in computer science education

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Visualization is a useful aid for understanding the working of algorithms. Therefore many interactive algorithm animation tools have been developed. However, students may misinterpret the visualization and therefore the correctness of their interpretation should be confirmed by tests supplemented with feedback.In this paper, a learning environment for data structures and algorithms is presented. The combination of algorithm animation and simulation with automatic assessment provides a way to give meaningful feedback to the students. Our experience shows that this combination is of great value for the students studying algorithms.

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Algorithm simulation with automatic assessment
1. Applied computing
  1. Education
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Designing software
      1. Software implementation planning
        Software design techniques
    2. Software development process management
  2. Software notations and tools
    1. General programming languages
      1. Language features

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July 2000

197 pages

ISBN:1581132077

DOI:10.1145/343048

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Jorma Tarhio
Univ. of Joensuu, Joensuu,Finland
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Sally Fincher
Univ. of Kent at Canterbury, Canterbury, UK
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Daniel Joyce
Villanova Univ., Villanova, PA

ACM SIGCSE Bulletin Volume 32, Issue 3
Sept. 2000
229 pages
ISSN:0097-8418
DOI:10.1145/353519
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Hofstra Univ., Hempstead, New York
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