36. AQA GCSE (8525) SLR 07 – 3.1 Systematic approach
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AQA Specification Reference - Section 3.1.1 - 3.1.4
This video explores how to take a systematic approach to problem solving, often referred to as "Algorithmic thinking": getting to a solution by identifying the individual steps needed. An algorithmic way of approaching a word-search is used as an example. The code used is not important in this video, merely the approach of breaking a problem down to achieve a working solution. Advantages algorithmic thinking are discussed in another video, “Decomposition”.
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00:00 Systemic approach
00:06 Intro
00:11 Systematic approach to problem-solving
01:01 Wordsearch problem
03:30 Decomposition of solving a wordsearch
04:44 Storing data using abstraction
06:13 Python example
13:22 Conclusion
14:26 Outro
Last updated: 01.05.25
