A Comparison of Solo and Pair Programming in Terms of Flow Experience, Coding Quality, and Coding Achievement

Autor/inn/en	Demir, Ömer; Seferoglu, Süleyman Sadi
Titel	A Comparison of Solo and Pair Programming in Terms of Flow Experience, Coding Quality, and Coding Achievement
Quelle	In: Journal of Educational Computing Research, 58 (2021) 8, S.1448-1466 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Demir, Ömer)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0735-6331
DOI	10.1177/0735633120949788
Schlagwörter	Cooperative Education; Programming; Computer Science Education; College Seniors; Academic Achievement; Learning Experience; Foreign Countries; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kooperativer Unterricht; Programmierung; Computer science lessons; Informatikunterricht; College; Colleges; Senior; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Schulleistung; Lernerfahrung; Ausland; Türkei
Abstract	Cooperative learning manifests itself as pair programming in coding education. There is a limited number of studies experimentally demonstrating that pair programming is effective in the educational context. Therefore, in this study, solo and pair programming were compared in terms of flow experience, coding quality, and coding achievement. The method used in this study is a pretest-posttest quasi-experimental design. The study group consists of 42 volunteer senior university students (28 males, 14 females). While solo programming was performed in the control group, pair programming was performed in the experimental group. It was concluded that the flow experience of the experimental group was higher than that of the control group in four weeks of the six-week implementation, whereas the coding quality of the experimental group was higher in three weeks. No difference was found in the other weeks in terms of both flow experience and coding quality. Although the coding achievement of both the control and experimental groups increased in the study, the experimental group did not exhibit better performance in terms of coding achievement. In conclusion, since it was revealed in this study that pair programming is effective, it is recommended to use pair programming more frequently in educational settings. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01