Computational thinking
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Additional details
| Year band(s) | 9-10 |
|---|---|
| Content type | Professional learning, Article or research |
| Format | Web page |
| Core and overarching concepts | Computational thinking, Algorithms, Implementation (programming) |
| Australian Curriculum Digital Technologies code(s) |
AC9TDI10P05
Design algorithms involving logical operators and represent them as flowcharts and pseudocode
AC9TDI10K02
Represent documents online as content (text), structure (markup) and presentation (styling) and explain why such representations are important
AC9TDI10P06
Validate algorithms and programs by comparing their output against a range of test cases |
| Keywords | abstraction, decomposition |
| Organisation | University of Cambridge and Raspberry Pi Foundation |
| Copyright | © University of Cambridge and Raspberry Pi Foundation. Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0. |
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