An overview of visualization: its use and design

This paper presents an overview of visualization in Computer Science instruction.It is broken down in the following fashion.First, we present the motivation for using visualization and visual techniques in instruction.This is followed by a discussion of when the use of visualization is most appropriate.We then consider a broad spectrum of uses of visualization in Computer Science instruction.This spectrum is organized from passive to active in terms of a student's involvement with the visualization tools.Types of visualizations are then categorized.The remainder of the paper focuses more on design issues for instructional visualization tools.These design issues are first