@techreport{TR-DCC-93-25, number = {DCC-93-25}, author = {Amorim, Rackel V. and de Rezende, Pedro J.}, title = {Compreensão de Algoritmos através de Ambientes Dedicados a Animação}, month = {September}, year = {1993}, institution = {Department of Computer Science, University of Campinas}, note = {In Portuguese, 28 pages. \par\selectlanguage{english}\textbf{Abstract} We describe various forms of algorithm animation which have been studied, presentation techniques and programming environments developed for this purpose in recent years. We present a description of the environment {\em AnimA}, which we designed and implemented with the goal of aiding in the process of production of algorithm animation providing users with facilities for the production of animations of any algorithm in a systematic way, by means of congregating in a single environment tools for animation support such as: uniform graphical interface, preprocessing system, automatic maintenance of libraries, reusability of shared libraries and dynamic linking. } }