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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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If you refer to sample people to explain concepts (such as Eve the Eavesdropper), select names and personas that are diverse in gender, race, and nationality or are gender-, race-, and nationality-neutral

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Email students with low grades to communicate you care and believe they can learn.
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Hold regular lab sessions to ensure that you can given students immediate feedback as they code.

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