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Students often feel they should be debugging faster because they see you debug quickly or perceive that their peers are also debugging quickly.
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Make sure to remind students that you can debug faster than they can because of your knowledge of the assignment.
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This is why it’s crucial to make sure students try debugging on their own for a few minutes.
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Students should only try debugging on their own for a few minutes.
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It is important to tell students that they should ask for help if they are spending hours debugging.
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Knowing when to ask for help is very important, even for professionals, when it comes to debugging.
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Additionally, it is hard to for students to debug code entirely on their own.
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It’s difficult for people to detect their own logic mistakes.