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Tell your students that they should assume their code has bugs to help decrease their frustration when writing code.

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  • Novices in computer science tend to assume that their code is bug-free.
  • Assuming there are bugs will make students more comfortable with the debugging process.
    • This is especially important when students begin writing more complex programs.
  • To learn more, watch Mark Guzdial’s CS Education Zoo interview.

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  • Development Methods
  • CS 1
  • Intro Programming
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CS Education Zoo Interview with Mark Guzdial.
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