Increased Retention of Early Computer Science and Software Engineering Students Using Pair Programming

@article{carver:retention, abstract = {An important problem faced by many Computer Science and Software Engineering programs is declining enrollment. In an effort to reverse that trend at Mississippi State University, we have instituted pair programming for the laboratory exercises in the introductory programming course. This paper describes a study performed to analyze whether using pair programming would increase retention. An important goal of this study was not only to measure increased retention, but to provide insight into why retention increased or decreased. The results of the study showed that retention significantly increased for those students already majoring in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or Computer Engineering. In addition, survey results indicated that the students viewed many aspects of pair programming to be very beneficial to their learning experience.}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, author = {Carver and Henderson and He and Hodges and Reese}, citeulike-article-id = {3040984}, doi = {10.1109/CSEET.2007.29}, journal = {cseet}, keywords = {pair-programming, retention}, pages = {115--122}, posted-at = {2008-07-24 19:48:24}, priority = {4}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, title = {Increased Retention of Early Computer Science and Software Engineering Students Using Pair Programming}, url = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/CSEET.2007.29}, volume = {00}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - carver:retention L3 - citeulike-article-id:3040984 TI - Increased Retention of Early Computer Science and Software Engineering Students Using Pair Programming JF - cseet VL - 00 SP - 115 EP - 122 AD - Los Alamitos, CA, USA PB - IEEE Computer Society N2 - An important problem faced by many Computer Science and Software Engineering programs is declining enrollment. In an effort to reverse that trend at Mississippi State University, we have instituted pair programming for the laboratory exercises in the introductory programming course. This paper describes a study performed to analyze whether using pair programming would increase retention. An important goal of this study was not only to measure increased retention, but to provide insight into why retention increased or decreased. The results of the study showed that retention significantly increased for those students already majoring in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or Computer Engineering. In addition, survey results indicated that the students viewed many aspects of pair programming to be very beneficial to their learning experience. KW - pair-programming KW - retention AU - Carver AU - Henderson AU - He AU - Hodges AU - Reese PY - 2007/// UR - http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/CSEET.2007.29 ER -