Code warriors and code-a-phobes: A study in attitude and pair programming

SIGCSE Bulletin (Association for Computing Machinery, Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education)

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 363-367

  Thomas, Lynda ^a   Ratcliffe, Mark ^a   Robertson, Ann ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Closed labs; CS1; First year programming; Pair programming; Self confidence

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCIENCE; CURRICULA; LABORATORIES; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; STUDENTS;

INTRODUCTOR PROGRAMMING COURSE; PAIR PROGRAMMING;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 0038011422     PISSN: 00978418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/792548.612007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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