Improving Learning Outcomes with Pair Teaching StrateFiggy in Higher Education: A Case Study in C Programming Language

Learning outcomes have attracted more and more attention in higher education. Many teaching and learning methods have been invented to improve learning outcomes. Teaching and learning pedagogies will attract intensive focus because the educational paradigm is moving from teacher-centered to student-centered learning. However, there is little research on improving learning outcomes based on existing teaching and learning contexts. This paper presented a creative strategy to enhance learning outcomes with two instructors teaching by turns based on learning theories. This novel method utilized the characteristics of different instructors to facilitate student learning and was adopted in the C programming language course to verify its effectiveness. Participants were divided into two groups according to their majors. We randomly selected one group as the treatment group, and the left group was the control group. One instructor taught the control group, and another lectured the treatment group. Students took the pre-test after twelve weeks. The instructor from the control group led the treatment group for a week before the end of the course. Students who failed the pre-test took the post-test. Our experimental results showed that the pair instructing strategy could increase learning outcomes.