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Leo Porter

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

Use in-class clicker questions to identify students struggling at the beginning of the course so you can reach out to them.

Let students debug their code alone for a few minutes before intervening because students might feel that they should be able to find bugs immediately, which isn’t the case.

Teach students how to debug with print statements before teaching them to use a debugger.

Provide opportunities for students to write code, in addition to traditional multiple choice questions, when using Peer Instruction.

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