Assessing the effectiveness of distributed pair programming for an online informatics curriculum

ACM Inroads

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 48-54

  Edwards, Richard L ^a   Stewart, Jennifer K ^a   Ferati, Mexhid ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Computer science education; Distributed pair programming; Retention; Student success

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATION; COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION; DISTRIBUTED PAIR PROGRAMMING; RETENTION; STUDENT SUCCESS;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; CURRICULA; EDUCATION COMPUTING; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; INFORMATION SCIENCE; STUDENTS;

TEACHING;

EID: 78651509890     PISSN: 21532184     EISSN: 21532192     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1721933.1721951     Document Type: Article

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