Exploratory Analysis of Discourses between Students Engaged in a Debugging Task

• Main Author: Rodrigo, Ma. Mercedes T.
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2017
• Subjects: discourse analysis; pair programming; LIWC; Computer Sciences; Databases and Information Systems; Education; Programming Languages and Compilers
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/discs-faculty-pubs/321; https://archium.ateneo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1322&context=discs-faculty-pubs
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

This paper determined if and how high-performing and low-performing students differed in the language that they used as they collaborated on a debugging task. 180 students worked in pairs to debug 12 small programs with known errors. Students were segregated into high and low achievement levels base...