Section: Summary
...Subsection: Review Questions

1. Think of the way you already solve non-computing problems.
   

   

   Q. 1

   Do you have some type of systematic technique for solving problems?

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   Q. 2

   What do you do when you are stuck?

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   1. Can you see some relationship between your current technique and the STAIR method?
2. Imagine that your friend calls you and tells you a skunk has gotten into his basement. Use the STAIR method to summarize how you will 'de-skunk' the basement.
3. Think of a problem you solved recently. Describe how you solved the problem in terms of the STAIR method. Write down how your thinking fit with the STAIR steps.
4. As you learn one of the games in today's lab, try to apply the STAIR technique to learning how to play the game. Write down the steps of the STAIR method, and how you used each part of the process to learn the game.