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Pair programming is a practice, where two programmers work on a task. An experiment was carried on pair programming in industry and academics and obtained good results. The authors suggested a new approach by pairing different levels of engineering students by applying both qualitative and quantitative approaches (Laurie Williams, Robert Kessler,2002; Kim Nilsson,2002; Venkata Vinod Kumar Padmanabhuni, Hari Praveen Tadiparthi, Muralidhar Yanamadala, Sagar Madina, 2012; F. Zieris, 2015). Pair programming include the principles like pair pressure, negotiation, brainstorming, pair courage, pair reviews, pair debugging, pair learning and training (Williams, Laurie, 2001).
Pair programming was reported many benefits as compared to individual programming. Most research reports from industry and academia represent positive effects of Pair Programming on programmers’ performance and quality of the software. Williams et al. applied Pair Programming concept to the classroom and studied its impact on students for execution of project modules. The results found that collaborative environment of Pair Programming aids students to achieve desired learning outcomes, more confident and to get better grades in programming assignments (Cockburn, Alistair, Williams, Laurie, 2000; Williams, L., McCrickard, D.S., Layman, L., Hussein, K, 2008; B. Isong, T. Moemi, N. Dladlu, N. Motlhabane, O. Ifeoma and N. Gasela, 2016).
A thorough survey of pair programming shows that psychological factors, attitude, communication and complete education background of the students are compatibility factors which impact on the efficiency and effectiveness of pair programming. Study reports discovered that the member should be paired with a partner having similar or higher skills in order to achieve better performance. There is limited of research work carried with respect to social factors such as soft skills, etc (Norsaremah Salleh,2008; Silvana Faja, 2011; Saiqa Anjum, Hibba Batul and Mehreen Sirshar, 2015; S. Xinogalos, M. Satratzemi, A. Chatzigeorgiou and D. Tsompanoudi, 2017).