Abstraction & Decomposition

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Computational Thinking

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Mental processes and strategies that include: decomposition, pattern matching, abstraction, algorithms

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Decomposition

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Breaking problems into smaller, more manageable problems.

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pattern recognition

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looking for similarities among and within problems

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Abstraction

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Reducing information and detail to focus on essential characteristics.

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algorithmic design

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creating step-by-step algorithms

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Breaking a complex problem down into smaller problems and solving each one individually.

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Decomposition

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Picking out the important bits of information from the problem, ignoring the specific details that don't matter.

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Abstraction

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A logical way of getting from the problem to the solution. If the steps you take to solve a problem follow an algorithm then they can be reused and adapted to solve similar problems in the future.

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Algorithmic Design

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Mike is posting an online advertisement on Facebook to promote his band's upcoming tour. Abstraction? (What is the relevant piece of information?)

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Date of tour

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Match the puzzle to the blocks

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