The benefits of pairing by ability

SIGCSE'10 - Proceedings of the 41st ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 249-253

  Braught, Grant ^a   MacCormick, John ^a   Wahls, Tim ^a  

^a DICKINSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaborative learning; Pair programming; Pairing methodology

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF DATA; COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; PAIR-PROGRAMMING; PROGRAMMING TASKS;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; EDUCATION COMPUTING; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; INTEROPERABILITY;

STUDENTS;

EID: 77952227553     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1734263.1734348     Document Type: Conference Paper

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