Problems encountered by novice pair programmers

Third International Computing Education Research Workshop, ICER'07

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 159-164

  Hanks, Brian ^a  

^a FORT LEWIS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer science education; CS1; Errors; Novice; Pair programming

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCIENCE; PROBLEM SOLVING; STUDENTS;

COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION; NOVICE; PAIR PROGRAMMING;

EDUCATION COMPUTING;

EID: 38849094476     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1288580.1288601     Document Type: Conference Paper

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