Investigating Pair Programming in a Software Engineering Course in an Asian Setting

Collaborative versus individual problem solving in computational thinking through programming: A meta‐analysis

“…First, students' collaborative learning experiences might fuel their attitudes and motivation to program. Students are more motivated and have more positive feelings while continuously improving programming artefacts and learning better (Sison, 2008). Second, the process of verbalizing their thoughts while programming collaboratively helps students formulate better ideas (Wei et al, 2021).…”

“…One is that the affective competencies developed in collaborative programming might benefit students to improve programming outcomes. Sison (2008) reported that students' programming progress was largely due to positive feelings: "This was due to the sheer fun of social interaction F I G U R E 4 Funnel plot of the cognitive competency model and to positive feelings that arose as a result of helping and being helped". The other is that communication and interaction among teams can help students verbalise thoughts and solve problems.…”

“…I feel that there were many difficult problems that I did not know how to solve; yet, with my partner, we were able to figure out a lot more solutions." Similarly, Sison (2008) reported that "there was a lot of learning. Drivers learned from navigators, and navigators learned from drivers".…”

“…In so doing, they become accountable for their actions in team learning, as reflected in students rating their partners' contributions at desirable levels (Xu & Rajlich, 2006). The qualitative data from several studies (n = 4) indicated that students' social skills, such as role-taking and communication, influence their cognitive or affective outcomes (Kongcharoen et al, 2017;Maguire et al, 2014;Sison, 2008;Wei et al, 2021). However, this area of research is still blurry, with limited empirical data.…”

Improving PSP education by pairing: An empirical study

“…On the social side, it helps form more active laboratory atmosphere than the traditional laboratory; under such friendly atmosphere, students will be more productive, have less frustration [12,13] and enhance self-confidence and enjoyment [13,14,15]. On the technical side, PP can help improve the individual's coding ability [14,16], improve design quality [13], reduce the number of defects [14,15], reduce risks [14], and enhance the quality of the final program [13] by establishing collaboration among students. On the educational side, PP can also reduce number of cheating cases [13], help reduce the workload of educators [13], and ultimately improve the quality of teaching.…”