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Misconception: Students often have off by 1 errors when working with loops, which can result from mixing up > and >= as well as forgetting that arrays start at index 0.

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  • If students are repeatedly encountering off-by-1 errors, it may be the result of difficulty understanding either of this concepts.

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  • CS 1
  • Intro Programming
  • Data Structures
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