Contribution of Algorithm Visualizations to Students' Learning Skills: A Pedagogical Approach

The Domain Algorithm visualizations are multimedia-based representations of algorithms that help students learn how they operate and behave. Algorithm visualizations provide numerous benefits to instructors and students, including an improved understanding of difficult algorithms in programming. By stripping down the complexities of algorithms and presenting them in simplified visual ways, students can obtain a more thorough knowledge of how they perform. Instructional approaches, such as guided instruction or discovery learning, are critical to the pedagogical effectiveness of algorithm representations. Guided instructions can considerably boost learners' overall performance in problem-solving activities that incorporate visualizations. At the same time, discovery education promotes exploration and experimentation, yet it may result in longer learning times and increased mental demands. A combination of these approaches is required for optimal effectiveness of instruction. In this paper, we investigate how the pedagogical effectiveness of algorithm visualizations should be determined by a variety of elements, including student characteristics, visual and cognitive processing ability, algorithm representation, and instructional context based on a literature review and interviews with field experts, and a bunch of recommendations is provided that has witnessed by authors during their long teaching periods.