procedural approach
noun phraseUK /prəˈsiː.dʒər.əl əˈprəʊtʃ/
US /prəˈsiː.dʒər.əl əˈproʊtʃ/
A way of doing something by following a set of steps.
The teacher used a procedural approach to show us how to build the model.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. In law, a way of handling cases that focuses on the rules of the court rather than the rights involved.
The lawyer argued about the procedural approach rather than the facts of the case.
3. In computing, a style of programming that organizes code into reusable steps called procedures.
The class learned a procedural approach to writing simple programs.
4. In education, a teaching style that breaks a task into clear ordered steps.
Her procedural approach helped every student finish the science experiment.