Pamela Fox

Rather than taking away points, have students with sub-standard code improve it to better simulate how actual software engineering works.

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Give students constant exposure to code, even if they aren’t able to fully understand it right away, to develop their comfort with code over the long term.

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Tell students that the concepts they’re learning are useful “all the time” so they realize the material will be important in the future.

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Show students where logic symbols - like pipe - are located on the keyboard so that they don’t struggle to find them.

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Misconception: Students mistakenly believe comparison expressions use the same syntax in math, English, and logic.

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In Javascript, put off object-oriented design until last to avoid complexity students don’t need.

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Encourage students to ask their peers for a fresh set of eyes to help them find small, tedious errors and hidden bugs.

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