- Ask students to think about the best places to put a print statement to help them practice solving their problems on their own when helping students debug.
- Have students spend 5 or 10 minutes reading through their code before adding print statements.
- Alternatively, give students a piece of correct code and ask them where they would put print statements to prove it works.
- You want students to be able to effectively use the straightforward debugging techniques before moving on to teaching more advanced material.
- Print statements are a crucial first step for effective debugging skills.