I follow more or less closely the famous book entitled Introduction to Algorithms authored by CLRS on the subject. The coverage is exhaustive as we go through various concepts related to data structures and algorithms, study standard algorithms such as for sorting, searching, finding max/min, handling trees and graphs, and then pursue in detail their application to real world problems. I work upwards from first principles so the understanding is solid and transferrable to other domains. We work through problems together in a step by step manner before I encourage the student to tackle a problem autonomously so they get an idea of the problem solving process whilst also building their own framework to approach each problem.