Jim Huggins

Use plagiarism detection tools such as AntiCutAndPaste and/or MOSS (Measure Of Software Similarity) to easily discover if any of your students are cheating off of one another.

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Trace through example code in class to show and encourage students to debug effectively

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Dedicate yourself to undergraduate students’ success from start to finish; be prepared to respond to students’ fears, tears, and triumphs.

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Work hard for your students so they will work harder themselves.

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Reiterate key concepts, such as the base case/recursive case pattern, every time you go through a recursion problem to solidify them in students’ memories.

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Emphasize the need to account for the empty case, which is often overlooked and causes errors.

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Have students pay special attention to “off by one” bugs to help them avoid common mistakes in their code.

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Remember that many misconceptions regarding linked lists also occur when dealing with binary search trees so that you are prepared to identify and correct them.

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Build rapport with your class to create a comfortable learning environment. Remind students that overwhelming tasks, like undergoing code reviews, are stressful even for skilled programmers.

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Use your own mistakes to teach students what mistakes are common and how to identify them.

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