Pair Learning: The Use of Pair Programming in Education

Publications

This page contains references to pair learning and pair programming publications. Where possible, we have provided links to a publicly-accessible version of the document. Some of the links below will take you to the ACM Digital Library, IEEE Xplore, and other subscription-required services. Please note that, due to copyright restrictions, some of the publicly-available copies of these publications may not be an exact replica of the published version.

2007

Benaya, T., Zur, E., Collaborative programming projects in an advanced CS course, Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, Vol. 22, Issue 6, pp. 126-135, 2007. [PDF]
Williams, L., Layman, L., Lab Partners: If They're Good Enough for the Sciences, Why Aren't They Good Enough for Us?, Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training (CSEE&T '07), to appear. [PDF]
Williams, L., Layman, L., Slaten, K.M., Seaman, C., Berenson, S.B., On the Impact of a Collaborative Pedagogy on African-American Millennial Students in Software Engineering, International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE '07), to appear. [PDF]

2006

Hanks, B., Student attitudes toward pair programming, SIGCSE Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE '06), pp. 113-117. [ACM Digital Library]
Koster, B., Agile methods fix software engineering course, Journal of Computing Sciences in College, Vol. 22, Issue 2, pp. 131-137, 2006. [ACM Digital Library]
Layman, L., Changing Students' Perceptions: An Analysis of the Supplementary Benefits of Collaborative Software Development, Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training (CSEE&T '06), pp. 500-505.
Matzko, S., Davis, T., Pair design in undergraduate labs, Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, Vol. 22, Issue 2, pp. 123-130, 2006. [ACM Digital Library]
McDowell, C., Werner, L., Bullock, H.E., Fernald, J., Pair programming improves student retention, confidence, and program quality, Communications of the ACM, Vol. 49, Issue 8, pp. 90-95, 2006. [PDF]
Mendes, E., Al-Fakhri, L. B., Luxton-Reilly, A., A replicated experiment of pair-programming in a 2nd year software development and design computer science course, SIGCSE Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE '06), pp. 108-112. [PDF]
Navoraphan, K., Gehringer, E.F., Culp, J., Gyllstrom, K., Stotts, D., Next-generation DPP with Sangam and Facetop, OOPSLA workshop on Eclipse Technology Exchange (Eclipse '06), pp. 6-10. [PDF]
Pastel, R., Student assessment of group laboratories in a data structures course, Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, Vol. 22, Issue 1, pp. 221-230, 2006. [ACM Digital Library]
Preston, D., Adapting pair programming pedagogy for use in computer literacy courses, Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, Vol. 21, Issue 5, pp. 84-93, 2006. [ACM Digital Library]
Preston, D., Using collaborative learning research to enhance pair programming pedagogy, ACM SIGITE Newsletter, Vol. 3, Issue 1, pp. 16-21, 2006 [ACM Digital Library]
Sherrell, L.B., Robertson, J.J., Pair programming and agile software development: experiences in a college setting, Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, Vol. 22, Issue 2, pp. 145-153, 2006. [ACM Digital Library]
Williams, L., Debunking the Nerd Stereotype with Pair Programming (Broadening Participation in Computing Series), IEEE Computer, Vol. 39, Issue 5, pp. 83-85, 2006. [IEEE Xplore]
Williams, L., Layman, L., Osborne, J., Katira, N., Examining the Compatibility of Student Pair Programmers, Proceedings of Agile 2006 (Agile '06), pp. 411-420. [PDF]

2005

Beck, L.L., Chizhik, A.W., McElroy, A.C., Cooperative learning techniques in CS1: design and experimental evaluation, ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE '05), pp. 470-474. [ACM Digital Library]
Hanks, B., Student performance in CS1 with distributed pair programming, SIGCSE conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE '05), pp. 316-320. [ACM Digital Library]
Katira, N., Osborne, J., Williams, L., Towards increasing the compatibility of student pair programmers, International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE '05), pp. 625-626. [PDF]
Layman, L., Williams, L., Osborne, J., Berenson, S., Slaten, K., Vouk, M., How and Why Collaborative Software Development Impacts the Software Engineering Course, Frontiers in Education (FIE '05), pp. T4C 9-14. [PDF]
Mendes, E., Al-Fakhri, L. B., Luxton-Reilly, A., Investigating pair-programming in a 2nd year software development and design computer science course, SIGCSE Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE '05), pp. 296-300. [PDF]
Preston, D., Pair programming as a model of collaborative learning: a review of the research, Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, Vol. 20, Issue 4, pp. 39-45, 2005. [ACM Digital Library]
Slaten, K.M., Droujkove, M., Berenson, S.B., Williams, L., Layman, L., Undergraduate student perceptions of pair programming and agile software methodologies: verifying a model of social interaction, Agile Conference, (Agile '05), pp. 323-330. [PDF]
Xu, S., Rajilich, V., Pair Programming in Graduate Software Engineering Course Projects, Frontiers in Education (FIE 2005), pp. F1G 7-12. [PDF]

2004

Berenson, S.B., Slaten, K.M., Williams, L., Ho, C., Voices of women in a software engineering course: reflections on collaboration, Vol. 4, Issue 1, Article 3, 2004. [PDF]
Hanks, B., McDowell, C., Draper, D., Krnjajic, M., Program Quality with Pair Programming in CS1, SIGCSE Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE '04), pp. 176-180. [PDF]
Ho, C., Raha, S., Gehringer, E., Williams, L., Sangam: a distributed pair programming plug-in for Eclipse, OOPSLA workshop on Eclipse Technology Exchange (Eclipse '04), pp. 73-77. [PDF]
Ho, C., Slaten, K., Williams, L., Berenson, S., Work in progress-unexpected student outcome from collaborative agile software development practices and paired programming in a software engineering course, Frontiers in Education (FIE 2004), pp. F2C 15-16. [PDF]
Katira, Neha, Williams, Laurie, Wiebe, Eric, Miller, Carol, Balik, Suzanne, Gehringer, Ed, On Understanding Compatibility of Student Pair Programmers, ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, SIGCSE 2004, pp. 7-11. [PDF]
Srikanth, H., Williams, L., Wiebe, E., Miller, C., Balik, S., On Pair Rotation in the Computer Science Course, Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training 2004, pp. 144-149. [PDF]
VanDeGrift, T., Coupling pair programming and writing: learning about students' perceptions and processes, ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE '04), pp. 2-6. [ACM Digital Library]
Werner, L., Denner, J., Bean, S., Pair Programming Strategies for Middle School Girls, IASTED International Conference on Computers and Advanced Technology in Education (CATE '04), pp. 161-166. [PDF]
Werner, L.L., Hanks, B., McDowell, C., Pair-programming helps female computer science students, Journal on Educational Resources in Computing (JERIC), Vol. 4, Issue 1, Article 4, 2004. [PDF]

2003

Cliburn, D.C., Experiences with pair programming at a small college, Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, Vol, 19, Issue 1, pp. 20-29, 2003. [PDF]
DeClue, T.H., Pair programming and pair trading: effects on learning an motivation in a CS2 course, Journal of Computer Sciences in Colleges, Vol. 18, Issue 5, pp. 49-56, 2003. [PDF]
McDowell, C., Hanks, B., Werner, L., Experimenting with pair programming in the classroom, SIGCSE Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE '03), pp. 60-64. [PDF]
McDowell, C., Werner, L., Bullock, H.E., Fernald, J., The impact of pair programming on student performance, perception and persistence, International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE '03), pp. 602-607. [PDF]
Nagappan, N., Williams, L., Wiebe, E., Miller, C., Balik, S., Ferzli, M., Petlick, M., Pair Learning: With an Eye Toward Future Success, Extreme Programming/Agile Universe 2003, pp. 185-198. [PDF]
Nagappan, N., Williams, L., Ferzli, M., Weibe, E., Yang, K., Miller, C., Balik, S., Improving the CS1 Experience with Pair Programming, ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, SIGCSE 2003, pp. 359-362. [PDF]
Stotts, D., Williams, L., Nagappan, N., Baheti, P., Jen, D., Jackson, A., Virtual Teaming: Experiments and Experiences with Distributed Pair Programming, Extreme Programming/Agile Universe 2003, pp. 129-141. [PDF]
Thomas, L., Ratcliffe, M., Robertson, A., Code warrior and code-a-phobes: a study in attitude and pair programming, ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE '03), pp. 363-367. [PDF]
Wiebe, E., Williams, L., Petlick, J., Nagappan, N., Balik, S., Miller, C., Ferzli, M., Pair Programming in Introductory Programming Labs, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) 2003.
Williams, L. and Kessler, R., Pair Programming Illuminated, Addison Wesley, 2003.

2002

Baheti, P., Williams, L., Gehringer, E., Stotts, D., Exploring Pair Programming in Distributed Object-Oriented Team Projects, OOPSLA Educator's Symposium 2002, November 2002. [PDF]
Baheti, P., Williams, L., Gehringer, E., Stotts, D., and Smith, J., Distributed Pair Programming: Empirical Studies and Supporting Environments, UNC-CH Technical Report TR02-010, March 15, 2002. [PDF]
Bevan, J., Werner, L., McDowell, C., Guidelines for the use of pair programming in a freshman programming class, Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training (CSEE&T '02), pp. 100-107. [PDF]
Ferzli, M., Wiebe, E., Williams, L., Paired Programming Project: Focus Groups with Teaching Assistants and Students, NCSU Technical Report, TR-2002-16, November 25, 2002. [PDF]
McDowell, C., Werner, L., Bullock, H., Fernald, J., The effects of pair-programming on performance in an introductory programming course, ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE '02), pp. 38-42. [PDF]
Williams, L., Wiebe, E., Yang, K., Ferzli, M., Miller, C., In Support of Pair Programming in the Introductory Computer Science Course, Computer Science Education, Vol. 12, Issue 3, pp. 197-212, September 2002. [PDF]
Williams, L., Yang, K., Wiebe, E., Ferzli, M., Miller, C., Pair Programming in an Introductory Computer Science Course: Initial Results and Recommendations, OOPSLA Educator's Symposium 2002, November 2002. [PDF]

2001

Williams, L., Kessler, R.R., Experimenting with Industry's Pair-Programming Model in the Computer Science Classroom, Computer Science Education, Vol. 11, Issue 1, pp. 7-20, 2001. [PDF]
Williams, L. Upchurch, R., In Support of Student Pair Programming, ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE '01), pp. 327-331. [PDF]

2000

Williams, L., The Collaborative Software Process, PhD Dissertation, 2000. [PDF]
Williams, L., Kessler, R.R., The Effects of "Pair-Pressure" and "Pair-Learning" on Software Engineering Education, Conference of Software Engineering Education and Training 2000. [PDF]
Williams, L., Kessler, R.R., All I Really Need to Know about Pair Programming I Learned In Kindergarten, Communications of the ACM, May 2000. [PDF]

1999

Williams, L., But, isn't that cheating?, Frontiers in Education (FIE '99), pp. 12B9 26-27. [PDF]