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Knowledge and Skills Statement

Computational thinking--applications. The student, with guidance from an educator, applies the fundamentals of computer science.

Ask students to create code that includes loops to solve a problem and explain their solution.

Notes:

  • Students may use block coding programs or coding equipment, such as robots to create code with technology.
  • Students may use steps in a process or investigation or  steps in a cycle to create a sequence of code without technology. 
Glossary terms and definitions are consistent across kindergarten through high school in the TEKS Guide. The definitions are intended to give educators a common understanding of the terms regardless of what grade level they teach. Glossary definitions are not intended for use with students.

instructions for a computer (as within a piece of software); the symbolic arrangement of statements or instructions in a computer program, or the set of instructions in such a program
 

a sequence of instructions that is repeated until a prescribed condition, such as agreement with a data element or completion of a count, is satisfied
 

the following of one thing after another; succession