Help students monitor their emotional experience to know when they should take a break from writing code to maximize learning and student attitudes.
- Knowing when you need to take a break is an important skill!
- Explain that working efficiently isn’t just about knowing the content.
- Breaks are important to maintain long term productivity.
- Just like while sleeping, their brain will keep thinking about the problem during the break, so when they come back to working it will be easier.
- Help students identify what will help them refresh so they get the most out of the breaks they take.
- Explain that even though this isn’t in most textbooks, it is really important to learn how to refresh your perspective.