Abstract
Pair programming has several benefits when it is successfully used by students and experts alike. However, research shows that novice pairs find the necessary pair communication to be one of the main challenges in adopting this process. A set of industry-inspired pair programming guidelines have been derived and evaluated from qualitative examinations of expert pairs, with the aim of helping novice programmers communicate within their pair. This research describes a further evaluation of these guidelines with a number of student pairs, and demonstrates how novice pairs who were exposed to the guidelines became comfortable communicating with their partners.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | SIGCSE '15 |
Subtitle of host publication | Proceedings of the 46th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education |
Place of Publication | New York |
Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery |
Pages | 314-319 |
Number of pages | 6 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781450329668 |
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Publication status | Published - 2015 |
Event | 46th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education - Kansas City Convention Center, Kansas City, United States Duration: 4 Mar 2015 → 7 Mar 2015 http://sigcse2015.sigcse.org/index.html |
Conference
Conference | 46th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education |
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Abbreviated title | SIGCSE 2015 |
Country/Territory | United States |
City | Kansas City |
Period | 4/03/15 → 7/03/15 |
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Keywords
- Collaboration
- Communication skills
- CS ed research study
- Pair programming
- Software engineering
- Students