This instructional model enable a hands-on experience for the user vicariously in a visual manner. In other words, this type would be categorized as a mixture of visualization and experimentation in the scheme of instructional model. This instructional style would be arguably the most popular type as often seen in the form of Java Applets despite of critical shortcomings.
A feature to note for this type of application is that the abstract concepts need to be transformed into a visual form. Naturally, in order for an adequate visual representation, it takes more imagination and creativity than when visualizing the mathematical concepts that are inherently visual in nature. As an example, the concept of determinant has a rather involved set of mathematical symbols and expression which is often the case in mathematics in general. As a rule, visual rendering of the abstract concepts resolves the anxiety-causing situation.
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