Integrating Algorithm Visualization Video into a First-Year Algorithm and Data Structure Course

Autor/inn/en	Crescenzi, Pilu; Malizia, Alessio; Verri, M. Cecilia; Diaz, Paloma; Aedo, Ignacio
Titel	Integrating Algorithm Visualization Video into a First-Year Algorithm and Data Structure Course
Quelle	In: Educational Technology & Society, 15 (2012) 2, S.115-124 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1436-4522
Schlagwörter	Academic Achievement; Instructional Materials; Video Technology; Visualization; Integrated Curriculum; Educational Technology; Multimedia Instruction; Instructional Films; Teaching Methods; Instructional Effectiveness; Equations (Mathematics); Mathematical Applications; Mathematical Formulas; Predictor Variables; Achievement Gains; Undergraduate Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Lehrmaterial; Lehrmittel; Unterrichtsmedien; Visualisation; Visualisierung; Multimediales Lernen; Lehrfilm; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Unterrichtserfolg; Equations; Mathematics; Gleichungslehre; Angewandte Mathematik; Innermathematische Anwendung; Mathematische Formel; Prädiktor; Achievement gain; Leistungssteigerung
Abstract	In this paper we describe the results that we have obtained while integrating algorithm visualization (AV) movies (strongly tightened with the other teaching material), within a first-year undergraduate course on algorithms and data structures. Our experimental results seem to support the hypothesis that making these movies available significantly improved students' performances. Moreover, the movies were highly appreciated by the students (both from a comprehensibility point of view and from a usefulness point of view), even though with a low attitude towards the emerging video pod-cast technology. Finally, our results indicate the necessity of integrating the AV movies with audio comment, which seems to be one of the most interesting research question left open by our study. (Contains 4 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10