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Coaching Your Coders
Unlike direct instruction and in-class scripted exercises, a primary feature of PBL is student flexibility in choosing their project focus along with independence and personal responsibility for developing it. In PBL the teacher takes the role of facilitator and coach, allowing students autonomy in forging their own learning paths, but always at the ready to provide support when needed. Providing support to many different projects, several of which will fall outside your areas of expertise, can present a significant challenge.
To provide this support, it’s important to be familiar with generalized, adaptable troubleshooting techniques as well as the common pitfalls software development is prone to. In this chapter, ...
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