Have students write many small, simple classes in Java to scaffold their learning of the basics of object-oriented programming.

Increase the complexity of the classes you write with your students as you move through the course.

For example, the first class you write should only contain one instance variable and one method.
After writing a class as a group, assign adding to or modifying the class for homework.

For instance, students could modify a method or add an instance variable.

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