9.6 Here's one I prepared earlier

For some students a lack of motivation can derive from a lack of confidence in their ability to use certain tools or techniques.

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This bundle gives students the opportunity to boost their confidence by practising the skills required for their project in a way that does not affect their marks.

How it works is you take a previously completed project and ask the student to make a relatively small alteration to some part of it in such a way that they have the opportunity to practice using the relevant tool or technique. This enables the students to become more confident in using the software tools and methods of software development that they will later be required to use in their own work.

This works better if it requires a short amount of time and effort in comparison with the main project work and if it can be done concurrently with other aspects of the main project.

It doesn't work unless the previous project has been carefully designed and executed to match the learning goals. This can be a problem in the first instance, but once developed it can be re-used and/or enhanced in subsequent years.

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So: build their confidence using practice exercises.