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Effects, Experiences and Feedback from Studies of a Program Visualization Tool

Erkki Kaila, Teemu Rajala, Mikko-Jussi Laakso, Tapio Salakoski, Effects, Experiences and Feedback from Studies of a Program Visualization Tool. Informatics in Education 8(1), 17–34, 2009.

Abstract:

Program visualization (PV) is potentially a useful method for teaching programming basics
to novice programmers. However, there are very few studies on the effects of PV. We have
developed a PV tool called ViLLE at the University of Turku. In this paper, multiple studies
on the effects of the tool are presented. In addition, new qualitative data about students'
feedback of using the tool is presented. Both, the results of our studies and the feedback
indicate that ViLLE can be used effectively in teaching basic programming concepts to
novice programmers.

BibTeX entry:

@ARTICLE{jKaRaLaSa09a,
  title = {Effects, Experiences and Feedback from Studies of a Program Visualization Tool},
  author = {Kaila, Erkki and Rajala, Teemu and Laakso, Mikko-Jussi and Salakoski, Tapio},
  journal = {Informatics in Education},
  volume = {8},
  number = {1},
  pages = {17–34},
  year = {2009},
  keywords = {program visualization, programming, education, effects, experiences, student feedback},
}

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