Thinking in Patterns: A Brief Intro to #Pattern #Recognition - Medium #computationalthinking #CT | iPads, MakerEd and More  in Education | Scoop.it

Say you’re trying to solve a sudoku. You look at the various numbers that fill the squares and begin to work your way through the lines and boxes bit by bit, adding values and searching for any unused digits. If the puzzle is easy, you may be able to brute-force a solution. But what if the sudoku is a bit more challenging?


As you look at the puzzle, you may notice how numbers seem to be arranged just so. A number here, a number there… In fact, by recognizing the arrangement of the numbers, you’re able to solve the sudoku lightning fast.


What’s going on? It’s all in the pattern."