Nick Melnyk

Break down lengthy or elaborate processes into discrete steps that students can perform sequentially. This strategy can be an important tool for success.

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Emphasize that it is not necessary to add the reference operator, &, in C++ when passing an argument to a function that takes in a reference.

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Encourage students to develop solutions in their natural language before considering syntax to improve their general problem solving abilities.

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Encourage students to step away from buggy code and think about the big picture as a part of the debugging process.

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Direct students struggling with loops to write on paper what should happen, then have them determine the start, end, and update values.

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Encourage students to write the inside of the loop before the loop syntax to help students recognize the conditions necessary for iteration.

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Avoid using technical jargon when introducing new material to help students understand course content.

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Explain through metaphor that return values allow a primary function to get information from a secondary function.

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Use a diagram with variable-value pairs for each call of a recursive function to help students see the change of control flow as calls are made and completed.

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Teach students how to trace out-of-bounds errors by demonstrating on the board.

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