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*Result*: Rationale Behind the Design of the EduVisor Software Visualization Component

Title:
Rationale Behind the Design of the EduVisor Software Visualization Component
Authors:
Moons, Jan1 jan.moons@ua.ac.be, De Backer, Carlos1 carlos.debacker@ua.ac.be
Source:
ENTCS: Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science. Jan2009, Vol. 224, p57-65. 9p.
Subject Terms:
Computer software, Object-oriented methods (Computer science), Students, Java programming language, Computer graphics, Computer science, Computer programmers
Database:
Supplemental Index

*Further Information*

*Abstract: The EduVisor software visualization component is a new pedagogical tool specifically developed to address some wide-spread problems in teaching object-oriented technology to novice programmers. The visualization tool is integrated in a world-class IDE, and shows the students the structure of their own creations at runtime. EduVisor is based on a solid grounding in literature and over 25 years of combined experience in teaching a CS1 course. With this component we have set the goal of helping our students progress faster through the most difficult initial stages of programming. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]*