Learn by Doing

• Short introduction to approach appropriate
• Then need to try it
• Some hand-holding may be needed
• See Alistair Cockburn and Laurie Williams, "The Costs and Benefits of Pair Programming, XP2000, 2000 and http://collaboration.csc.ncsu.edu/laurie/Papers/XPSardinia.PDF, page 8.

Ground Rules in Classes

• In lab, person at keyboard must switch at least every hour

Learning

• must respect partner
• must learn to accept suggestions
• must learn to identify suggestions for project, not person

• Constant, focused attention
• Often requires more breaks
• Must be rested, thoughtful, fresh

created May 16, 2003 last revised May 16, 2003

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