Roles of animation tools in understanding programming concepts

Andres Moreno; Mike Joy; Erkki Sutinen

Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia Vol. 22, No. 2 (March 2013) pp. 165–184

Computer generated animations are resources used to explain how programs are executed in order to clarify the relevant programming concepts. However, whilst trying to understand new programming concepts it is not clear how and when students benefit...