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Remember that each student has differing amounts of experience and skill sets when giving feedback.

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  • This prevents students from feeling they’re not "smart" because they didn’t do well on a test other students thought was "a slam dunk."

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  • Student-Faculty Interaction
  • Student-Focused Assessment
  • Effective Encouragement
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"Communication in computer science classrooms: understanding defensive climates as a means of creating supportive borders" by Kathy Garvin-Doxas and Lecia Barker

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Make the minimum requirements of an assignment worth a B to encourage students to push further for an A.
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Create a group of student mentors who have already completed your school’s introductory computer science courses to give current students peer role models.
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