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Educational technology has disrupted the teaching learning process. Additionally students involvement during the class work accelerates the learning rate. Hence, integrating visualizations with active learnings (VAL) can transform the education system. The three strategies discussed in this study are Predict, Calculate, and Explain. Each strategy consists of three phases. The first phase is partial explanation of the topic by instructor followed by students activity. Second phase requires students to predict the outcome, calculate the result or provide conceptual explanation for predict, calculate, and explain strategies, respectively. Third phase deals with discussions among the instructor and students over the topic. It has been observed through this study that active learning is far beneficial than traditional method of teaching and when it is integrated with appropriate visualization tool further develop the comprehension of the subject. Experimental outcome of this investigation proved that indeed VAL achieves the goal of engaging students with the use of technology. The results with VAL is 85% and without VAL is 68%. Thus, VAL strategies are more efficient than conventional classroom approach in a computer science class.
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Shaziya, H., Zaheer, R. (2021). Strategies to Effectively Integrate Visualization with Active Learning in Computer Science Class. In: Chaki, N., Pejas, J., Devarakonda, N., Rao Kovvur, R.M. (eds) Proceedings of International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Data Engineering. Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies, vol 56. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8767-2_6
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