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Do preparatory programming lab sessions contribute to even work distribution in student teams?

Borg, Markus LU (2020) 42nd ACM/IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering, ICSE-Companion 2020 In Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering p.254-255
Abstract

Unfair work distribution is common in project-based learning with teams of students. One contributing factor is that students are differently skilled developers. To mitigate the differences in a course with group work, we introduced mandatory programming lab sessions. The intervention did not affect the work distribution, showing that more is needed to balance the workload. Contrary to our goal, the intervention was very well received among experienced students, but unpopular with students weak at programming.

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Proceedings - 2020 ACM/IEEE 42nd International Conference on Software Engineering : Companion Proceedings, ICSE-Companion 2020 - Companion Proceedings, ICSE-Companion 2020
series title
Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering
article number
3390893
pages
2 pages
publisher
IEEE Computer Society
conference name
42nd ACM/IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering, ICSE-Companion 2020
conference location
Virtual, Online, Korea, Republic of
conference dates
2020-06-27 - 2020-07-19
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  • scopus:85094126575
ISSN
0270-5257
ISBN
9781450371223
DOI
10.1145/3377812.3390893
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English
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yes
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71602c8c-a1ca-4088-8dd8-3efd52c28a98
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  abstract     = {{<p>Unfair work distribution is common in project-based learning with teams of students. One contributing factor is that students are differently skilled developers. To mitigate the differences in a course with group work, we introduced mandatory programming lab sessions. The intervention did not affect the work distribution, showing that more is needed to balance the workload. Contrary to our goal, the intervention was very well received among experienced students, but unpopular with students weak at programming.</p>}},
  author       = {{Borg, Markus}},
  booktitle    = {{Proceedings - 2020 ACM/IEEE 42nd International Conference on Software Engineering : Companion Proceedings, ICSE-Companion 2020}},
  isbn         = {{9781450371223}},
  issn         = {{0270-5257}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{254--255}},
  publisher    = {{IEEE Computer Society}},
  series       = {{Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering}},
  title        = {{Do preparatory programming lab sessions contribute to even work distribution in student teams?}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3377812.3390893}},
  doi          = {{10.1145/3377812.3390893}},
  year         = {{2020}},
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