The case for pair programming in the computer science classroom

ACM Transactions on Computing Education

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Braught, Grant ^a   Wahls, Tim ^a   Eby, L Marlin ^b  

^a DICKINSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MESSIAH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaborative learning; Pair programming

Indexed keywords

BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; PAIR-PROGRAMMING; PROGRAMMING SKILLS; SCIENCE CLASSROOM; STUDENT LEARNING; STUDENT PERFORMANCE;

STUDENTS; TEACHING;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING;

EID: 79959506712     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1921607.1921609     Document Type: Article

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