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Learning to problem solve would be a much more important lesson than learning to code.

Problem solving transfers across disciplines and is a useful lifeskill.

It could be combined with how to assess the quality of information or how to find decent sources of information.

There isn't really such a skill as "problem solving", problem solving is just applying intelligence and experience to something that you have been taught to do.

This is for children, so it's very basic. Read the question. Reword the question if that helps. Gather the information you have. List the information you need, and how to find that information. Sit and think about it a bit.

There are plenty of people who just throw their hands up in the air and give up if you ask them something they don't know.

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