On Pair Rotation in the Computer Science Course

Authors:
Hema Srikanth;Laurie Williams;Eric Wiebe;Carol Miller;Suzanne Balik
Affiliations:
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Venue:
CSEET '04 Proceedings of the 17th Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training
Year:
2004

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Abstract

In a course environment, pairing a student with one partner for the entire semester is beneficial, but may not be optimal. The authors conducted a study in two undergraduate levelcourses to observe the advantages and disadvantages of pair rotation whereby a student pairs with several different students throughout the semester. This paper summarizes teaching staff and student perceptions on the viability of pair rotation. Teachers find pair rotation valuable because the teaching staff can obtain multiple peer evaluations on each student and because dysfunctional pairs are regularly disbanded. However, pair rotation adds to the burden of assigning pairs multiple times per semester. The majority of students in the study perceived pair rotation to be a desirable approach. Additionally, most students considered peer evaluation to be an effective means of providing feedback to teaching staff. However, they did not significantly believe that peer evaluation was an effective means for motivating students.