Enhancing object-oriented programming education using static and dynamic visualization

Yang, Jeong; Lee, Young; Hicks, David; Chang, Kai H.

doi:10.1109/fie.2015.7344152

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“…Of this number, six were conducted in Turkey [47, 67, 159] whereas six were conducted in Finland [7, 15, 78, 119]. Ten studies were conducted in North America, with the United States taking the majority of the studies in this region [32, 35, 114, 155, 156]. East Asia dominated the studies from the Asian region [10, 20, 75, 150].…”

Section: Mapping Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…On the contrary, only one study examined learners' psychomotor attributes by evaluating their level of program construction and program simulation. Based on the general conviction that programming is difficult [45, 73, 81, 127, 156], it becomes imperative to focus on learners' psychomotor attributes such as behavioral and coding patterns. Focusing on this new body of knowledge would provide scientific evidence on how to address programming challenges associated with syntax identification, error debugging, program construction, and program building.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Using PlanAni as the animated environment, their findings show that variable role visualization using animations offers novice programmers a new conceptual framework that enabled them to design relational programs from a general viewpoint. Yang et al [156] investigated the effect of static and dynamic visualization on students' cognitive load in computer programming. Their study employed Javeli-naCode, a programming environment that involved a static state in a unified modeling language class diagram, and a dynamic run-time state of program execution.…”

Section: Research On Program Animationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Despite these highlighted benefits, there is a growing concern that computer programming is relatively difficult [6,8,39,45,73,81,127,156,157]. However, such difficulty is generally associated with how programming is taught in schools and how it is understood by the students [6].…”

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Research trends on learning computer programming with program animation: A systematic mapping study

Yusuf

Noor

2023

Comp Applic In Engineering

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Over the last few decades, computer programming has become an important field of endeavor due to rapid development in the information sector. Despite the importance of programming, there is a growing concern that it is relatively difficult. In the process, researchers have started employing media tools to reduce programming difficulties and motivate learners to approach programming problems. One of the common tools widely used is program animation—an instructional medium that incorporates animated characters. However, little is known about the research trends in this field of study. This article, therefore, employed a systematic mapping method to review this trend to find patterns and gaps left in the literature. The study extracted 48 articles published between 2000 and 2022 from four scientific databases (Web of Science, Scopus, ScienceDirect, and ERIC) and three digital libraries (ACM Digital Library, IEEE Xplore Digital Library, and Wiley Online Library). The review discovered important trends. First, there is a paucity of research evidence evaluating program animation in the context of secondary and elementary levels; the majority of the extracted studies focused on participants from tertiary institutions. A similar paucity of research evidence employing mixed methods and qualitative approaches was also noted. Scratch programs were used in recent research more often than other program animations. There is also too little evaluation of psychomotor variables. Finally, there exist inconsistent findings on the effect of program animation although plenty of studies revealed positive results in favor of these media tools. The study therefore recommends that future research should be conducted to fill these identified gaps.

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Section: Mapping Resultsmentioning

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Research trends on learning computer programming with program animation: A systematic mapping study

Yusuf

Noor

2023

Comp Applic In Engineering

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“…A vast literature indicates that, when used appropriately, dynamic visualizations can promote understanding and retention of various scientific findings and concepts (e.g., Ryoo & Linn, 2012;Suits & Sanger, 2013;Yang et al, 2015) . Not only can they facilitate conveying and streamlining information at the time of publication, dynamic visualizations can also help communication among team members at earlier stages of a project, as well as dissemination of findings via talks, conferences and in the media after publication.…”

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Dynamic Data Visualizations to Enhance Insight and Communication Across the Lifecycle of a Scientific Project

Wiebels¹,

Moreau²

2021

Preprint

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In scientific communication, figures are typically rendered as static displays. This often prevents active exploration of the underlying data, for example to gauge the influence of particular data points or of particular analytic choices. Yet modern data visualization tools, from animated plots to interactive notebooks and reactive web applications, allow psychologists to share and present their findings in dynamic and transparent ways. In this tutorial, we present a number of recent developments to build interactivity and animations into scientific communication and publications, using examples and illustrations in the R language. In particular, we discuss when and how to build dynamic figures, with step-by-step reproducible code that can easily be extended to the reader’s own projects. We illustrate how interactivity and animations can facilitate insight and communication across a project lifecycle—from initial exchanges and discussions within a team to peer-review and final publication—and provide a number of recommendations to use dynamic visualizations effectively. We close with a reflection on how the scientific publishing model is currently evolving, and consider the challenges and opportunities this shift might bring along for data visualization.

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Initial Evaluation of JaguarCode: A Web-Based Object-Oriented Programming Environment with Static and Dynamic Visualization

Yang

Lee

Chang

2017

2017 IEEE 30th Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training (CSEE&T)

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Enhancing object-oriented programming education using static and dynamic visualization

Cited by 19 publications

References 4 publications

Research trends on learning computer programming with program animation: A systematic mapping study

Research trends on learning computer programming with program animation: A systematic mapping study

Dynamic Data Visualizations to Enhance Insight and Communication Across the Lifecycle of a Scientific Project

Initial Evaluation of JaguarCode: A Web-Based Object-Oriented Programming Environment with Static and Dynamic Visualization

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