Active and collaborative learning has shown considerable promise for improving student outcomes and reducing group disparities. As one common form of collaborative learning, pair programming is an adapted work practice implemented widely in higher education computing programs. In the classroom setting, it typically involves two computer science students working together on the same programming assignment. The present study examined a cluster-randomized trial of 1,198 undergraduates in 96 lab sections. Overall, pair programming had no significant effect on students’ course performance; subject matter interest; plans for future coursework; or their confidence, comfort, and anxiety with computer science. These findings were consistent across various student characteristics, except that students with favorable pretest scores exhibited negative effects from pair programming.

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结对编程对大学生计算机科学兴趣、认知和成就的影响

主动和协作学习在改善学生成绩和减少群体差异方面显示出相当大的希望。作为协作学习的一种常见形式，结对编程是一种在高等教育计算项目中广泛实施的适应性工作实践。在课堂环境中，通常需要两名计算机科学专业的学生一起完成相同的编程任务。本研究检查了 96 个实验室部分的 1,198 名本科生的集群随机试验。总体而言，结对编程对学生的课程表现没有显着影响；标的物的兴趣；未来课程计划；或者他们对计算机科学的信心、舒适和焦虑。这些发现在各种学生特征中是一致的，