“Computational thinking” means thinking about a problem in a way that we can use a computer to help solve it. When we do this we use the following processes:
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LOGICAL REASONING predicting and analysing
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ALGORITHMS Creating a sequence of instructions or set of rules
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PATTERNS Spotting similarities and using these to solve new problems
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ABSTRACTION Removing some of the unnecessary detail
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EVALUATION Making judgements and modifications
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Many of these skills have applications across the curriculum and throughout life.