Visualization of sorting algorithms in the virtual reality environment
Mukasheva M. Kalkabayeva Z. Pussyrmanov N.
2023Frontiers Media SA
Frontiers in Education
2023#8
This study examines the use of virtual reality (VR) in programming, specifically in visualization of sorting methods. Addressing students’ needs to better understand and implement sorting methods, “VR sorting” application was developed to visualize the bubble sorting and selection sorting abstract methods in the VR environment. The effects of visualization were evaluated drawing on an extended taxonomy, specifically developed by the authors of this study. The results indicate that VR might significantly enhance students’ understanding of sorting tasks, further allowing them to employ these skills in practice. Specifically, 76.9% of students, who studied sorting methods in virtual environment drawing on “VR sorting” application, demonstrated higher outcomes in implementing sorting tasks. VR visualization of sorting methods, differs from existing ways of visualizing learning in the context of constructivism. Since VR allows the student to construct the algorithm himself directly interacting machine memory in the form of cells where the data is stored and managing the progress of sorting. These results shed some light to future research avenues on VR enabled constructive visualization. Copyright
bubble sorting , constructive visualization , selection sorting , sorting methods , virtual reality , visualization
Text of the article Перейти на текст статьи
The Research Laboratory for Digital Learning, National Academy of Education named after Y. Altynsarin, Astana, Kazakhstan
Department of Information Technology, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Astana, Kazakhstan
The Research Laboratory for Digital Learning
Department of Information Technology
10 лет помогаем публиковать статьи Международный издатель
Книга Публикация научной статьи Волощук 2026 Book Publication of a scientific article 2026