Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- complex problems may be more easily processed when broken into simpler problems.
- that it is important to highlight key details of a problem.
- descriptive models can help outline the procedures to solve more complex problems.
Skills
Students are able to:
- solve a complex problem by decomposing the problem into smaller, simpler problems.
- extract key details needed in the problem
- solving process.
- develop descriptive models to convey the levels of abstraction in complex systems.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- complex problems may be easier to solve if they are broken into smaller problems first.
- it is important to identify key details in the problem.
Vocabulary
- decompose
