Pair programming for middle school students: does friendship influence academic outcomes?

Authors:
Linda Werner;Jill Denner;Shannon Campe;Eloy Ortiz;Dawn DeLay;Amy C. Hartl;Brett Laursen
Affiliations:
University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA;Education, Training, Research Associates, Scotts Valley, CA, USA;Education, Training, Research Associates, Scotts Valley, CA, USA;Education, Training, Research Associates, Scotts Valley, CA, USA;Florida Atlantic University, Davie, FL, USA;Florida Atlantic University, Davie, FL, USA;Florida Atlantic University, Davie, FL, USA
Venue:
Proceeding of the 44th ACM technical symposium on Computer science education
Year:
2013

Citing 8
Cited 0

Pair-programming helps female computer science students

Journal on Educational Resources in Computing (JERIC) - Special Issue on Gender-Balancing Computing Education
Pair programming improves student retention, confidence, and program quality

Communications of the ACM - Music information retrieval
The effects of pair-programming on individual programming skill

Proceedings of the 39th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
Predictors of creative computing participation and profiles of experience in two Silicon Valley middle schools

Computers & Education
Alice, Greenfoot, and Scratch -- A Discussion

ACM Transactions on Computing Education (TOCE)
Computational thinking for youth in practice

ACM Inroads
Bringing computational thinking to K-12: what is Involved and what is the role of the computer science education community?

ACM Inroads
Children learning computer science concepts via Alice game-programming

Proceedings of the 43rd ACM technical symposium on Computer Science Education

Quantified Score

Hi-index	0.00

Visualization

Abstract

Research shows the benefits of pair programming for retention and performance in computing, but little is known about how relationship dynamics influence outcomes. We describe results from our study of middle school students programming games using Alice and pair programming. From our analysis using statistical procedures that take into account the interdependence of pair data, we found evidence for partner influence moderated by the role of confidence over improvements in Alice programming knowledge in friend partnerships but not non-friend partnerships. We discuss implications for researchers and educators.