CAS Conference 2025: PRIMMDebug - A new way of teaching debugging to secondary students

This session will introduce PRIMMDebug, an approach for teaching the debugging process to secondary students learning a text-based programming language. As the name suggests, this is an adaptation of PRIMM in the form of a scaffolded debugging-specific teaching process, along with an online tool that guides students through the process. I’ll introduce the process, demo the tool, share some initial experiences from teachers and students. This session will also be an opportunity to discuss the joys and challenges of teaching debugging more generally – and to share some approaches that have worked for you.

 - Laurie Gale , Raspberry Pi Computing Education Research Centre