Digital Literacy and Computer Science (2018) Grade(s): 1

DLCS18.1.19

Identify and revise problem-solving strategies to solve a simple problem.

COS Examples

Examples: Scientific method, visual images or mind pictures, look for patterns, systematic list.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • how to recognize a problem in their environment or in a story.
  • problems can be found anywhere.
  • they can use many strategies to find solutions, such as visualizing, changing perspective, finding patterns, and analyzing cause and effect.
  • there can be multiple solutions to one problem.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • find and define problems in a given context or scenerio such as story, video, in the classroom or school.
  • use multiple strategies to find solutions to a problem, for example: visualizing, changing perspectives, finding patterns, stating cause and effect.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • they can solve problems in their home, classroom, and school.
  • there is more than one way to think through a solution to a problem.

Vocabulary

  • problem
  • strategy
  • solution
  • visualize
  • perspective
  • patterns
  • cause and effect
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