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Teach students to utilize their resources by providing them with printed class notes; when students have questions, show them how to use their notes well.

  • Teaching students how to help themselves is better than showing them how to solve something.

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Rotate students into different pairs during a single class period so they learn to explain and read code quickly.

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Provide text descriptions of images and transcripts of videos in your course to ensure that all students can access class materials.

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