Author : Jason Zagami
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1621546829
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (215 download)
Book Synopsis Seeing Is Understanding: The Effect of Visualisation in Understanding Programming Concepts by : Jason Zagami
Download or read book Seeing Is Understanding: The Effect of Visualisation in Understanding Programming Concepts written by Jason Zagami and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seeing is Understanding details a four year research study into how visualisations can support learning. It reports on a qualitative instrumental collective case study in which five computer programming languages supporting differing degrees of visualisation were used as cases to explore the effectiveness of software visualisation to develop fundamental computer programming concepts. Cognitive theories of visual and auditory processing, cognitive load, and mental models provided a framework in which cognitive development was tracked and used to explain failures in previous software visualisation studies, in particular the study demonstrated that for the cases examined, where complex concepts are being developed, the mixing of auditory (or text) and visual elements can result in excessive cognitive load and impede learning. This finding provides a framework for selecting the appropriate instructional programming languages based on the cognitive complexity of the concepts under study.