Computational thinking

• What is decomposition?

  Breaking down a complex problem or system into smaller parts that are more manageable and easier to understand.
• What is abstraction?

  The process of extracting or withdrawing something.
• Computational thinking involves taking a complex problem and breaking it down into a series of small, more manageable problems. Each of these smaller problems can then be looked at individually.
• Advantage of decomposition

  • Decomposition allows large teams to each take a part of a problem and work on it.
  • Decomposition allows seemingly impossible problems to be solved by splitting them into simple tasks.
• What is a train map an example of?

  Abstraction

  
• What is algorithmic thinking?

  • Algorithmic thinking is the process of creating step-by-step instructions in order to produce a solution to a problem
• • Algorithmic thinking requires the use of abstraction and decomposition to identify each individual step
  • Once each step has been identified, a precise set of rules (algorithm) can be created and the problem will be solved
• • An example of algorithmic thinking is following a recipe, if the recipe is followed precisely it should lead to the desired outcome