Computer Science GCSE
Computational Thinking
What Computational Thinking means in Computer Science GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definitions of Computational Thinking
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The use of computers to solve problems, involving logical reasoning, algorithms, decomposition, and abstraction.
The use of computers to solve problems by developing algorithms and using abstraction and decomposition.
Topics that use Computational Thinking
- Decomposition and abstraction (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
- Topic 1: Computational thinking (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
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