Computational Thinking

APPENDIX B ANSWERS TO EXERCISES

CHAPTER 1

EXERCISE 1

List the core concepts of CT:

1. logical thinking;
2. algorithmic thinking;
3. decomposition;
4. generalisation and pattern recognition;
5. modelling;
6. abstraction;
7. evaluation.

EXERCISE 2

Give an example of how you think people in each of the following occupations think computationally:

1. mathematician: evaluates logical statements, carries out long chains of processes such as long division, abstracts values to variables;
2. scientist: uses logic to reason about cause and effect, decomposes hierarchical relationships between species, follows experimental procedure, models phenomena such as climate dynamics;
3. engineer: writes assembly instructions, decomposes construction into a series of tasks, creates models ...