Experiments with Industry's “Pair-Programming” Model in the Computer Science Classroom

Williams, Laurie; Kessler, Robert R.

doi:10.1076/csed.11.1.7.3846

Cited by 80 publications

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“…The impact of pair programming in CS education has been confirmed by numerous studies in both lab and classroom settings [8,9,10,11]. Pair programming requires two programmers to work together on the same computer, but the trend toward geographically distributed teams make long-distance adaptations necessary.…”

Section: Educational Settingsmentioning

confidence: 88%

Jimbo

Ghorashi

Jensen

2016

Proceedings of the 9th International Workshop on Cooperative and Human Aspects of Software Engineering

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Team collaboration plays a key role in the success of any multiuser activity. Software engineering is a highly collaborative activity, where multiple developers and designers work together to solve a common problem. Meaningful and effective designerdeveloper collaboration improves the user experience, which can improve the chances of success for the project. Learning to program is another activity that can be implemented in a more collaborative way, students can learn in an active style by working with others. The growth of online classes, from small structured seminars to massive open online courses (MOOCs), and the isolation and impoverished learning experience some students report in these, points to an urgent need for tools that support remote pair programming in a distributed educational setting.In this paper, we describe Jimbo, a collaborative integrated development environment (IDE) that we believe is beneficial and effective in both aforementioned activities. Jimbo integrates many features that support better collaboration and communication between designers and developers, to bridge communication gaps and develop mutual understanding. These novel features can improve today's CS education by bringing students closer to each other and their instructors as well as training them to collaborate which is consistent with current practices in software engineering.

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Section: Educational Settingsmentioning

confidence: 88%

Jimbo

Ghorashi

Jensen

2016

Proceedings of the 9th International Workshop on Cooperative and Human Aspects of Software Engineering

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“…Williams and Kessler [13] argue that for students to successfully apply pair programming they need to be provided with supervised lab sessions during which they are effectively 'forced' to pair program. During these sessions, staff are able to support the students as they begin to develop their collaborative programming skills.…”

Section: B Xp In the Universitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Extreme Programming in the University

Johnston¹,

Johnson²

2010

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference on Computer Science Education: Innovation &Amp; Technology CSEIT 2010 &Amp;

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Abstract-This paper summarises our experiences teaching Extreme Programming to undergraduate students over a period of 8 years. We describe an approach in which students learn about the Extreme Programming (XP) method by using it on real software development projects. This experiential learning technique has been effective in helping students understand how XP works in practice and helped them to develop the skills to reflect on their current approaches to software development and critically evaluate agile methods. Problems, including a steep learning curve for some XP practices and difficulties scheduling pair-programming time in a university environment are also identified.

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“…When programmers engage in problem solving, it has been observed that they might sketch on a white board [72], talk with colleagues [130], or just think. They might sketch an architecture or algorithm to examine it or use it as a focal point of discussion.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%