Pair programming improves student retention, confidence, and program quality

Authors:
Charlie McDowell;Linda Werner;Heather E. Bullock;Julian Fernald
Affiliations:
University of California, Santa Cruz;University of California, Santa Cruz;University of California, Santa Cruz;University of California, Santa Cruz
Venue:
Communications of the ACM - Music information retrieval
Year:
2006

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Abstract

Pair programming produces more proficient, confident programmers---and may help increase female representation in the field.