AS and A Level OCR Computer Science H446 H046 A-Level Course textbook by PG Online KS5 Computing Exam Pass Complete Officially Endorsed Guide OCR Oxford and Cambridge Examination Board A Level

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Anyway,enoughselfadvertising.That'smylistofthetop10resourcesforOCRAlevelComputerSciencethatIhaveusedpersonally,doyouagreewithit?IsthereanyresourceImissed?Putyourcommentsbelowandasalways... Concision8/10:ThereisaPresentationcontainingprettymucheverysingledefinitioninthespecwhichareessentiallygoodsummariesofeachtopic. Presentation8/10:Generallydisplaysthecontentwellbutnotthepresentationisnotasgoodastheothertextbooksinmyopinion.Maybeit'sbecauseofitsmonochromaticimagesorsimplybecausethere'snocolourwhatsoever.

The internal workings of the (CPU), data exchange, software development, data types and legal and ethical issues. Accessibility8/10:Hasafewmistakeshereandthereandsometimesmissessomecontentcompletelysoit'shardgetagoodunderstandingofsometopicsasawhole.Iguessthat'swhyit'snotendorsedbyOCR. A written paper assessing the application of the knowledge and understanding developed in component 01. Concision6/10:althoughtheaforementionedvideoscoverthespecentirely,someofthem(primarilythoserelatedwiththeory)includeabitof"waffling".Theotherfreeresources(whicharen'talot)arefairlyconcise. Accessibility8/10:InitiallyhadafewmistakeswhichwerecorrectedbutisstillasolidtextbookthatactuallydeservesanendorsementbyOCR.

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Sohere'showthisisgoingtowork,eachplaceintherankingmaybeoccupiedbymorethanoneresource(thatmaybepartofthesameseries).Theywillallberankedaccordingto5indicatorseachratedoutof10togivetheresourceacombinedscoreoutof10whichwillbefollowedbyafinalverdict: Content9/10:Thisoneisalreadyavailablebutdoesn'thaveanythingontheprogrammingprojecteither.Coversallotherpartsofthespecverywell. Accessibility:similartothepreviousindicatorbutjudgesresourcesaccordingtohowaccessibleistheinformationitself,notthepresentationoftheinformation.Inotherwords,howeasyisittounderstandthecontentdelivered. FinalScore&Verdict:Thisisdefinitelybyfarthebestpaperresourceoutthere.Beatsallthetextbooksineverythingexceptprice.Iwouldhighlyrecommendyougetyourschooltogetthisresourcebecauseit'sdefinitelyworthit. 9/10 Content10/10:Unlikethefreeresources,thepremiumoneshaveloadsofguidanceontheprogrammingprojectintheformofvideos,exemplarsandmore!Accessibility9/10:Videoisprobablythemostaccessiblewaytodelivercontent,there'slittletonoreadingandyoujusthavetowatchandlistencarefully.Thevideosandtheotherresourcesdelivercontentinaveryaccessiblewaysuitableforprettymucheveryone. Presentation10/10:Verywellpresented.AllthecontentonthePowerPointPresentationsisverygoodasitdoesn'thavetoomuchinfoperslide.PDFsarelaidoutnicelyaswell.Nofaultshere.

Students will be expected to analyse a problem (10 marks), and design (15 marks), develop and test (25 marks), and evaluate and document (20 marks) a program. The program must be to solve it written in a suitable programming language. FinalScore&Verdict:Ifthisresourceissupposedtobearevisionguide,Iwouldn'tsayit'sgreatonebutasatextbookitget'sthejobdoneingettingallthecontentacrossinit'sownway(whichcanbeunnecessarilylongsometimes).Eventhoughthisischeaper,Iwouldrecommendtheotheroneasitfullysupportsthespecification. 8.6/10

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Asthetitlesaysthisisarankingofthetop10resourcesfortheH046/H446spec.NowImustadmit,Iwasn'tevensuretherewere10decentresourcestoputonthislistbutafterabitofdiggingI'vefoundthem. Concision10/10:Markschemesarethebestresourceofallinmyopinion.Clear,conciseandgetstraighttothepoint.Itsimplytellsyoueverythingtheexaminersarelookingforwithoutanyunnecessaryinformation. What is meant by computational thinking (thinking abstractly, thinking ahead, thinking procedurally etc.)