The effects of neuroticism on pair programming: an empirical study in the higher education context

Salleh, Norsaremah and Mendes, Emilia and Grundy, John and Burch, Giles St. J (2010) The effects of neuroticism on pair programming: an empirical study in the higher education context. In: 4th International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement (ESEM2010), 15-17 Sept., 2010, Bolzano, Italy.

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Abstract

This paper describes a formal experiment carried out to investigate the effect of the personality factor Openness to experience on the academic performance of students who practiced pair programming (PP) in higher education. The experiment was carried out at the University of Auckland, using as subjects undergraduate students attending an introductory software programming course. Our results showed that differences in Openness level could significantly affect academic performance of students who pair programmed. In addition, our results also showed that most students gained higher satisfaction from the PP experience and their confidence level in solving programming exercises was also high.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Full Paper)
Additional Information:	3705/1340
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Pair programming, formal experiment, personality type, fivefactor model,conscientiousness, empirical investigation, higher education.
Subjects:	Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA76 Computer software T Technology > T Technology (General) > T61 Technical education. Technical schools
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology > Department of Computer Science Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology > Department of Computer Science
Depositing User:	Dr Norsaremah Salleh
Date Deposited:	17 Sep 2011 20:09
Last Modified:	06 Dec 2011 13:15
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/1340

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