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17/05/2016Mike Clapper -Executive Director AMTAlgorithmic ThinkingStructure of Session What is an algorithm? Why is it important to promote Algorithmic Thinking in the mathematics classroom? Constructing some simple algorithms. Checking and testing algorithms. Incremental Algorithmic design Resources for developing Algorithmic Thinking overview. The CAT competition as a resource types of questions and how to use them. Moving from Algorithmic Thinking to programming. Programming in the Maths Clapper -Executive Director AMTWhat is an algorithm? An algorithm is a finite set of steps or operations which solve a particular problem or class of problems. egTo find the average of a set of numbers. Count how many numbers in the list (COUNT) Add up the numbers in the list (SUM) Divide the SUM by the COUNT (AVERAGE) Print AVERAGE17/05/2016Mike Clapper -Executive Director AMTHow can we represent algorithms?

• Incremental algorithmic design ... CAT (Computational and Algorithmic Thinking Competition) •Late March –1 hour, 15 questions •Emphasises algorithmic thinking. •Will appeal to some students who do not shine in conventional mathematics. •Will identify potential programmers.

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