Re: Solving Homework in Pairs

I think it varies greatly from pair to pair and from person to person so it
is hard to argue if it is good or bad.
For some people it is good, for others it is not.

-- 
Ori Idan

On 5/23/07, Shlomi Fish <shlomif-ik1l9ssToec+JF/[email protected]> wrote:
>
>   Hi Nadav (and all)!
>
> I'd like to continue to discuss whether the solving homework in pairs
> paradigm
> in university courses is good or bad.
>
> Here:
>
> http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hackers-il/message/4752
>
> You said that:
>
> <<<<<<<<<<
> but in previous discussions here, we
> agreed to disagree about the merits of "pair programming" ;-) The most
> basic problem with this method is that it's *not* pair programming -
> usually
> the pair doesn't work together, but rather divide the exercise and do each
> part separately. I wrote about my more fundamental problem with this
> approach
> in http://nadav.harel.org.il/homepage/musing/educooperation
> >>>>>>>>>>
>
> Well, as I noted in my reply here -
> http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hackers-il/message/4753 - we did not
> explicitly say that we agree to disagree about it, even though that may
> have
> been the way you recalled it.
>
> I later compiled my reasons as presented in that email here -
> http://xrl.us/woh3 . I'd love to hear what you think about it.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Shlomi Fish
>
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