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Computational Thinking is a problem solving process that includes a number of characteristics and dispositions. Computational Thinking is essential to the development of computer applications, but it can also be used to support problem solving across all disciplines, including the humanities, math, and science. Students who learn CT across the curriculum can begin to see a relationship between academic subjects, as well as between life inside and outside of the classroom.

Elements of Computational Thinking include:

• Decomposition: Breaking down data, processes, or problems into smaller, manageable parts

• Pattern Recognition: Observing patterns, trends, and regularities in data

• Abstraction: Identifying the general principles that generate these patterns

• Algorithm Design: Developing the step by step instructions for solving this and similar problems

Computational Thinking