The impact of social factors on pair programming in a primary school

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Highlights：

• Many factors impact the effectiveness of pair programming. However, the social factors are often ignored by researchers.

• There was no significant difference on compatibility among gender pairs, but a significant difference among partnership pairs.

• There was no significant difference on programming achievement and confidence among different pairs.

• Pair programming tightened up the partnership within pairs.

摘要

•Many factors impact the effectiveness of pair programming. However, the social factors are often ignored by researchers.•There was no significant difference on compatibility among gender pairs, but a significant difference among partnership pairs.•There was no significant difference on programming achievement and confidence among different pairs.•Pair programming tightened up the partnership within pairs.

论文关键词：Primary education,Pair programming,Social factors,Gender,Partnership

论文评审过程：Received 19 March 2016, Accepted 18 July 2016, Available online 26 July 2016, Version of Record 26 July 2016.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.07.017