Computational Thinking and Flowchart Symbols

The process of thinking about a problem using computational means in order to create a solution which a computer can implement.

• Computational Thinking
• Abstraction
• Decomposition
• Algorithmic Thinking

The process of removing irrelevant or unnecessary information from the problem in order to better understand the basic parts of it.

• Computational Thinking
• Abstraction
• Decomposition
• Algorithmic Thinking

The process of breaking a problem down into smaller parts to make it easier to solve.

• Computational Thinking
• Abstraction
• Decomposition
• Algorithmic Thinking

The process of working out the individual steps needed to solve a problem in order to produce an algorithmic solution.

• Computational Thinking
• Abstraction
• Decomposition
• Algorithmic Thinking

The use of functions in python is an example of ________ in action

• Computational Thinking
• Abstraction
• Decomposition
• Algorithmic Thinking

What steps need to be taken in which order?

• Computational Thinking
• Abstraction
• Decomposition
• Algorithmic Thinking

What can we focus on and what can we ignore?

• Computational Thinking
• Abstraction
• Decomposition
• Algorithmic Thinking

How can the T-shirt sales system be split up?

• Computational Thinking
• Abstraction
• Decomposition
• Algorithmic Thinking

A way of thinking to help computer scienctists solve problems which includes 3 strategies: abstraction, decomposition and algorithmic thinking

Removing unnecessary detail