The benefits of pairing by ability

Braught, Grant; MacCormick, John; Wahls, Tim

doi:10.1145/1734263.1734348

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“…The student's skill level is the most accurate predictor of the partner compatibility [18] in PP. Out of these factors, we believe that gender and academic achievement level of the other partner are significant factors [11]. As per Theodore, V.T.…”

Section: Personality Conflictsmentioning

confidence: 74%

Student's Opinion on Adopting Pair Programming as a Teaching and Learning Tool

Radhakrishnan¹,

Kanmani²

2012

IJCA

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Research in the realm of Pair Programming in computer science students has begun to explore the methods for accomplishing the benefits. However, valid measurements of the opinion on adopting a pair programming in the practical sessions are required to be drawn, before concluding. An Attitude Survey Test (AST) was conducted before implementing Pair Programming as a teaching and learning tool among computer science students in Pondicherry Engineering College. The purpose of this investigation is to examine the student's opinion on four vital issues viz. i) General Perception about pair programming; ii) Personality conflicts among pair; iii) Relevant examination system and iv) Female student's attitude. We have engaged 154 B. Tech and MCA students as participants from Pondicherry Engineering College, for the AST, each answered a set of questions relating to Pair Programming. By accurately assessing the students' opinions, our AST results indicated the adequate convergent validity of scores obtained, that there is a room for implementing pair programming as a teaching and learning tool in laboratory course works.

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Section: Personality Conflictsmentioning

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Student's Opinion on Adopting Pair Programming as a Teaching and Learning Tool

Radhakrishnan¹,

Kanmani²

2012

IJCA

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“…In addition, weaker students see that they are not alone in the difficulties that they are experiencing and thus may be less likely to become hopelessly discouraged. Our intuition on this issue has been strengthened by the experiences of several colleagues who taught our course using random pairing before switching to pairing by ability [Braught et al 2010]. …”

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The Case for Pair Programming in the Computer Science Classroom

Braught

Wahls

Eby

2011

ACM Trans. Comput. Educ.

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Previous studies indicate that the use of pair programming has beneficial effects on student learning. In this article, we present a controlled study that directly measured students' acquisition of individual programming skills using laboratory practica (in which students programmed individually under exam conditions). Additionally, we analyzed other measures of student performance, attitudes, and retention. Our results provide direct evidence that pair programming improves the individual programming skills of lower SAT students, and that students who pair program are more confident in their work and are more likely to successfully complete the course. Results from the four other major studies of the effects of pair programming are reviewed and compared with those presented here in order to draw broader conclusions.

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“…Pair programming has become a popular collaboration technique for research in computer science education and many studies have shown positive results (e.g., [1][7][8] [14]). Pair programming is the technique whereby two students work together, using a single computer.…”

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“…(These goals were recommended by [4] but other research [1] found that students from the lowest quartile were most successful if they pair-programmed with another student from the lowest quartile. )…”

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Using collaboration to overcome disparities in Java experience

Lewis

Titterton

Clancy

2012

Proceedings of the Ninth Annual International Conference on International Computing Education Research

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The lower-division CS curriculum at the University of California, Berkeley includes a version of CS 2 that is intended to introduce students to Java as well as data structures and programming methodology. Some students in the course already have Java experience. In one course offering, students without previous Java experience received final grades that were 0.27 standard deviations below their peers who already had some Java experience (d=0.27, p<0.05). In a subsequent offering, the instructor adopted course policies and teaching strategies that made student collaboration more frequent in hopes that students without Java experience could learn from their peers with Java experience. In this highly-collaborative offering, there were no statistically significant differences in average final grades between students with and without Java experience (d=0.12, p>0.1). A smaller percentage of students dropped the highlycollaborative offering than the less-collaborative offering. This decrease in attrition was most notable for female students, from 37 percent to 5 percent.

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The benefits of pairing by ability

Cited by 42 publications

References 18 publications

Student's Opinion on Adopting Pair Programming as a Teaching and Learning Tool

Student's Opinion on Adopting Pair Programming as a Teaching and Learning Tool

The Case for Pair Programming in the Computer Science Classroom

Using collaboration to overcome disparities in Java experience

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Using collaboration to overcome disparities in Java experience

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