@inproceedings{katira_williams_wiebe_miller_balik_gehringer_2004, title={On understanding compatibility of student pair programmers}, ISBN={1581137982}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/971300.971307}, DOI={10.1145/971300.971307}, abstractNote={In recent years, educators have increasingly used pair programming in their computer science courses. Pair programming has been shown to be beneficial for both the teaching staff and the students in the courses. Occasionally, though, students are not compatible with their partners. An extensive study was done at the North Carolina State University to provide guidance on forming student pairs to improve the chances that pairs will be compatible and have a productive work relationship. We examined compatibility among freshman, advanced undergraduate, and graduate students. We have found that the students' perception of their partner's skill level has a significant influence on their compatibility. Graduate students work well with partners of similar actual skill level. Freshmen seem to work better with partners with different Myers Briggs personality type. Students' self-esteem does not appear to be a major contributor to pair compatibility.}, booktitle={Proceedings of the 35th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education  - SIGCSE '04}, publisher={ACM Press}, author={Katira, Neha and Williams, Laurie and Wiebe, Eric and Miller, Carol and Balik, Suzanne and Gehringer, Ed}, year={2004} }
 @inbook{nagappan_williams_wiebe_miller_balik_ferzli_petlick_2003, title={Pair learning: With an eye toward future success}, volume={2753}, ISBN={354040662X}, DOI={10.1007/978-3-540-45122-8_21}, abstractNote={Pair programming is a practice in which two programmers work collaboratively at one computer on the same design, algorithm, or code. Prior research indicates that pair programmers produce higher quality code in essentially half the time taken by solo programmers. Pair programming is becoming increasingly popular in industry and in university curricula. An experiment was run at North Carolina State University over a period of one and a half years to assess the efficacy of pair programming as an alternative educational technique in an introductory programming course. We found that the retention rate of the students in the introductory programming courses is equal to or better than that of the students in the solo programming courses. Most students show a positive attitude towards collaborative programming, and students in paired classes continue to be successful in subsequent programming classes that require solo programming. Pair programming also leads to a reduced workload for the course staff in terms of grading, questions answered and teaching effort.}, booktitle={Extreme programming and agile methods: XP/Agile Universe 2003: Third XP Agile Universe Conference, New Orleans, LA, USA, August 10-13, 2003}, publisher={Berlin; New York: Springer}, author={Nagappan, N. and Williams, L. and Wiebe, Eric and Miller, C. and Balik, S. and Ferzli, M. and Petlick, J.}, year={2003}, pages={185–198} }
 @article{williams_wiebe_yang_ferzli_miller_2002, title={In support of paired programming in the introductory computer science course}, volume={12}, DOI={10.1076/csed.12.3.197.8618}, abstractNote={A formal pair programming experiment was run at North Carolina to empirically assess the educational efficacy of the technique in a CS1 course. Results indicate that students who practice pair programming perform better on programming projects and are more likely to succeed by completing the class with a C or better. Student pairs are more self-sufficient which reduces their reliance on the teaching staff. Qualitatively, paired students demonstrate higher order thinking skills than students who work alone. These results are supportive of pair programming as a collaborative learning technique.}, number={3}, journal={Computer Science Education}, author={Williams, L. and Wiebe, Eric and Yang, K. and Ferzli, M. and Miller, C.}, year={2002}, pages={197–212} }
 @inproceedings{williams_yang_wiebe_ferzli_miller_2002, title={Pair programming in an introductory computer science course: Initial results and recommendations}, ISBN={1581134711}, booktitle={OOPSLA 2002: 17th ACM Conference on Object-Oriented Programming, Systems, Languages, and Applications : conference proceedings: November 4-8, 2002, Washington State Convention and Trade Center, Seattle, Washington, USA}, publisher={New York, NY: ACM Press}, author={Williams, L. and Yang, K. and Wiebe, E. and Ferzli, M. and Miller, C.}, year={2002} }