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Ask students to identify useless or unnecessary lines of code to assess their understanding of functions.

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When learning in a playful context, students are less likely to be frustrated by difficulty or failure.
Mention to students that individual blocks in Scratch and Snap can be tested by double clicking them in the block library so they know this useful, non-intuitive trick for learning what an individual block does.
Reward code solutions that have the correct thinking and steps behind them, as this can often be reassuring for students.

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