Acceptance and Assessment in Student Pair-Programming: A Case Study

Authors

  • Ramón Ventura Roque Hernández Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas - Facultad de Comercio, Administración y Ciencias Sociales de Nuevo Laredo Address: Ayuntamiento Sur SN Col. Infonavit Fundadores Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, México CP 88000 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9727-2608
  • Sergio Armando Guerra Moya Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León Facultad de Contaduría Pública y Administración Address: Cd. Universidad S/N. San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, México C.P. 66455 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3369-8527
  • Frida Carmina Caballero Rico Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas Address: Calle Matamoros SN Centro Ciudad Victoria Tamaulipas CP 87000 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7121-5143

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v16i09.18693

Keywords:

higher education, students, computer programming, pair programming, universities

Abstract


This study analyzes pair programming's acceptance and assessment in the university setting considering participants' gender, previous programming ex-perience, and programming enjoyment. The sample included 80 students from three different sections enrolled in a basic programming course. We used a questionnaire to collect data after the pair programming practices. For data analysis, we used SPSS 24, and Mann-Whitney, Kruskal-Wallis, and Jonckheere-Terpstra statistical techniques. Descriptive and comparative re-sults showed a significant increasing monotonic trend in the acceptance of pair programming as students' preference toward programming increased (standardized statistic = 3.20, p = 0.00, Kendall's τb = 0.30, p = 0.001). Also, pair programming was positively accepted and assessed even by students who reported a low level of programming enjoyment. There were no other statistically significant results.

Author Biographies

Ramón Ventura Roque Hernández, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas - Facultad de Comercio, Administración y Ciencias Sociales de Nuevo Laredo Address: Ayuntamiento Sur SN Col. Infonavit Fundadores Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, México CP 88000

Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas Facultad de Comercio, Administración y Ciencias Sociales de Nuevo Laredo

Sergio Armando Guerra Moya, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León Facultad de Contaduría Pública y Administración Address: Cd. Universidad S/N. San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, México C.P. 66455

Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León Facultad de Contaduría Pública y Administración

Frida Carmina Caballero Rico, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas Address: Calle Matamoros SN Centro Ciudad Victoria Tamaulipas CP 87000

Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas - Coordinación del Doctorado en Gestión y Transferencia del Conocimiento

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Published

2021-05-04

How to Cite

Roque Hernández, R. V., Guerra Moya, S. A., & Rico, F. C. C. (2021). Acceptance and Assessment in Student Pair-Programming: A Case Study. International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET), 16(09), pp. 4–19. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v16i09.18693

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 09 (2021)

Section

Papers