ASSESSING THE EFFECTIVENESS AND USABILITY OF USING PAIR PROGRAMMING TO IMPROVE PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE LEARNING, PRODUCTIVITY, AND CODE QUALITY

摘要

Programming is a major challenge faced by universities students at different levels. A significant learning outcome that emerged in recent years is working in teams, wherein two programmers can engage in pair programming to work on a single task as a group. This study examined the usability and effectiveness of using pair programming. We also evaluated the effects of pair programming on student results, time consumed, and number of errors, Big-O notation, and time complexity. The mixed method approach was applied by formulating a questionnaire and three different projects. We applied a novel strategy for creating pairs of students from different levels and courses in Tafila Technical University. Results indicated that pair programming is feasible and effective for educational purposes. Positive results were also obtained for programming learning, time, performance, and code quality.