The effects of pair programming in programming language subject

Abstract

Programming language subject is one of the main core subjects for undergraduate IT students. 47 of the undergraduate IT students in public higher education in Malaysia involved in the study. These students enroll Programming Language subject. Pair programming practice has been applied to these students to investigate the effect towards performance, confidence and quality of program developed. They had to sit for two lab tests and complete two assignments. First lab test and assignment need to be completed individually, while the second by using pair programming. Questionnaire has been used as a tool to collect data and then the data were analyzed using Statistical packages for the Social Science (SPSS 11.5). Pair programming has been indicated that it affects students' performance, confidence and performance, where 100% of them increased their second assignment.