Visualization and the Classroom

The work

Some goals

• improve learning
• empower students (with visualization tools)
• promote active learning

The visualizations provided (for Spring 99)

• Pre packaged presentations (still student controllable or inspect-able)
  • Searches: depth first, hill climbing
• Visualization of student data
  The process
  • students given a working program to modify
    program has a working visualization
  • students modify program and visualization capture routines
  • run program, capture data, create visualization
  The projects used for Spring 1999
  • blocks world
  • crossing problem (full search)
  • Genetic Algorithm (GA)

The assessment tools

• pre-test
• post test