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Pair programming : a teaching and learning tool for defending student’s mental energy
Joint Authors
Radhakrishnan, Pandarinathan
Kanmani, Selvadurai
Nandhini, Malaiyappan
Source
The International Arab Journal of Information Technology
Issue
Vol. 14, Issue 2 (31 Mar. 2017)7 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2017-03-31
Country of Publication
Jordan
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Information Technology and Computer Science
Abstract EN
Energy is an essential requirement to do any assigned tasks successfully.
Mental Energy (ME) is the intellectual power for effective performance of cognitive tasks.
This paper discusses the level of ME of the student learning to develop software program using Pair Programming (PP) and compares with the student learning to develop software program using traditional method.
Subjective perception of ME was correlated with various elements of program correctness.
PP and Solo Programmers (SP) were the two student groups took part in this experimental study.
Both groups were asked to do programming assignments as Task 1 (T1) and Task 2 (T2) consecutively without break.
Both tasks were given with equal level of software complexity and graded by an automatic tool.
The grades were analyzed using non-parametric statistical methods.
The results show that, PP group performed both T1 and T2 with high level of program's correctness, scoring almost equal marks in both the tasks.
But, the performance of the SP group had more difference between T1 and T2 in program correctness and they scored comparatively less marks in T2 than in T1.
The confirmatory analysis by means of questionnaire shown positive correlation over the hypothesis, which implies that, the ME level of PP students remained undiminished until T2, thus proving that PP methodology has more advantage than traditional method (SP) of learning software program
American Psychological Association (APA)
Radhakrishnan, Pandarinathan& Kanmani, Selvadurai& Nandhini, Malaiyappan. 2017. Pair programming : a teaching and learning tool for defending student’s mental energy. The International Arab Journal of Information Technology،Vol. 14, no. 2.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-707888
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Radhakrishnan, Pandarinathan…[et al.]. Pair programming : a teaching and learning tool for defending student’s mental energy. The International Arab Journal of Information Technology Vol. 14, no. 2 (2017).
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-707888
American Medical Association (AMA)
Radhakrishnan, Pandarinathan& Kanmani, Selvadurai& Nandhini, Malaiyappan. Pair programming : a teaching and learning tool for defending student’s mental energy. The International Arab Journal of Information Technology. 2017. Vol. 14, no. 2.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-707888
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes appendices.
Record ID
BIM-707888