@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} }