Pair programming for software engineering education : an empirical study
Joint Authors
Karthiekheyan, Kavitha
Jayalakshmi, Jalaja
Ahmad, Irfan
Source
The International Arab Journal of Information Technology
Issue
Vol. 15, Issue 2 (31 Mar. 2018), pp.246-255, 10 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2018-03-31
Country of Publication
Jordan
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Information Technology and Computer Science
Abstract EN
As an iterative and incremental methodology, agile software has helped a lot in evolving solutions from self-organizing, cross-functional teams.
Pair programming is a type of agile software development technique where two programmers work together with one computer for developing the required software.
This paper reports the results of a pair programming exercise carried out with a set of one hundred and twelve post graduate students, who developed small applications as a part of their software development laboratory course at Kumaraguru College of Technology (KCT) during the academic year 2012-2013 and 2013-2014.
The objective of this research is to investigate the effect of adopting pair programming as a pedagogical tool in Indian higher educational setting.
Purposeful pair programming modules were deployed in various phases of software development and the results revealed that pair programming is not only an useful approach in teaching computer programming but also facilitate effective knowledge sharing among students.
Further, the effectiveness of pair programming was realized to a greater extent during the designing and coding phases of software development.
Practicing pair programming also enables the students to develop their collaborative skills, which is crucial to an industrial working environment
American Psychological Association (APA)
Karthiekheyan, Kavitha& Ahmad, Irfan& Jayalakshmi, Jalaja. 2018. Pair programming for software engineering education : an empirical study. The International Arab Journal of Information Technology،Vol. 15, no. 2, pp.246-255.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-838611
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Karthiekheyan, Kavitha…[et al.]. Pair programming for software engineering education : an empirical study. The International Arab Journal of Information Technology Vol. 15, no. 2 (Mar. 2018), pp.246-255.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-838611
American Medical Association (AMA)
Karthiekheyan, Kavitha& Ahmad, Irfan& Jayalakshmi, Jalaja. Pair programming for software engineering education : an empirical study. The International Arab Journal of Information Technology. 2018. Vol. 15, no. 2, pp.246-255.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-838611
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes appendix : p. 255
Record ID
BIM-838611