# Rubber Duck Debugging

**URL:** <https://forum.code.org/t/rubber-duck-debugging/9297>\
**Category:** Unit and Lesson Discussion\
**Tags:** csd-unit-3, csd-unit-3-lesson-4\
**Created:** [August 6, 2017, 12:47pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/rubber-duck-debugging/9297 "2017-08-06T12:47:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![groche](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.code.org/groche/32/2251_2.png) [@groche](https://forum.code.org/u/groche)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2017, 12:47pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/rubber-duck-debugging/9297/1 "2017-08-06T12:47:54Z")

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If you have students work through these puzzles independently, consider getting them rubber ducks!  
[How a Rubber Duck Taught Me to Be a Better Programmer](https://blog.wsol.com/how-a-rubber-duck-taught-me-to-be-a-better-programmer)  
[Rubber Duck Debugging](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging)

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**Author:** ![bradleywellsashley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.code.org/bradleywellsashley/32/522_2.png) [@bradleywellsashley](https://forum.code.org/u/bradleywellsashley)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2017, 1:39pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/rubber-duck-debugging/9297/2 "2017-08-07T13:39:47Z")

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Gretchen,

Great post - I really liked the “There is actual Science Here” heading.

Brad

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**Author:** ![tashabaum](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.code.org/tashabaum/32/3518_2.png) [@tashabaum](https://forum.code.org/u/tashabaum)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 4:24pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/rubber-duck-debugging/9297/3 "2017-11-20T16:24:08Z")

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When I showed my students the marvelousness of the rubber ducky, they immediately opened a new tab and found an image of a rubber ducky.