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Content9/10:Thetextbookandenhancededitiondeliverallthecontentofthespecindetailexceptformaterialonthecourseworkcomponent. FinalScore&Verdict:Containsawealthofresourceswhichareallfreesodefinitelyuseasmanyasyoucan.Highlyrecommendtherevisionexercisesasthenewspecpapersaren'tenoughatthisstageandyouneedallthepracticeyoucanget. 7.4/10 Concision:ranksresourcesaccordingtohowtheydeliverthecontent,notwhatthecontentislikethepreviousindicator.Basically,thelesswafflethebetter! Content7/10:Doesn'tcovertheentirespec.OnlycoversmaterialfortheComputerSystemsandComputingPrinciplesexamsandabitfortheprogrammmingexam.Nomaterialforthecourseworkcomponenteither. Presentation8/10:Generallydisplaysthecontentwellbutnotthepresentationisnotasgoodastheothertextbooksinmyopinion.Maybeit'sbecauseofitsmonochromaticimagesorsimplybecausethere'snocolourwhatsoever.
Students are introduced to the internal workings of the (CPU), data exchange, software development, data types and legal and ethical issues. The resulting knowledge and understanding will underpin their work in component 03. Accessibility9/10:Surprisinglyveryaccessible.Despitesomewafflingtheinfoisnothardtounderstand.Boththeenhancededitionandthetextbookpresentcontentinaneasytograspway.Price:nomatterhowgoodaresourceis,ifit'sexpensivechancesareyoumaynotevenuseitsothepriceofaresourceisessentialinthisranking. Content9/10:Thisoneisalreadyavailablebutdoesn'thaveanythingontheprogrammingprojecteither.Coversallotherpartsofthespecverywell. Presentation8/10:can'treallyjudgevideosontheirpresentationbutthefewfreeresourcesavailablearenicelylaidout,maybethat'sbecausethereisn'talotofinfointhembutwhatevercontentisavailableispresentedwell. Content10/10:Unlikethefreeresources,thepremiumoneshaveloadsofguidanceontheprogrammingprojectintheformofvideos,exemplarsandmore!
Presentation10/10:Verywellpresented.AllthecontentonthePowerPointPresentationsisverygoodasitdoesn'thavetoomuchinfoperslide.PDFsarelaidoutnicelyaswell.Nofaultshere. Anyway,enoughselfadvertising.That'smylistofthetop10resourcesforOCRAlevelComputerSciencethatIhaveusedpersonally,doyouagreewithit?IsthereanyresourceImissed?Putyourcommentsbelowandasalways... Presentation8/10:Mostofthepremiumresourcesavailablearewellpresented,afewofthemcouldbebetterbutonthewholetheyareallaestheticallyappealing. Accessibility9/10:Usesastraightforwardapproachindeliveringmaterialwhichisveryeasytounderstand.Noflowerylanguageortechnicalterminology,takesyouthroughthetheorystepbystep. A written paper assessing the application of the knowledge and understanding developed in component 01.FinalScore&Verdict:Thisisdefinitelybyfarthebestpaperresourceoutthere.Beatsallthetextbooksineverythingexceptprice.Iwouldhighlyrecommendyougetyourschooltogetthisresourcebecauseit'sdefinitelyworthit. 9/10 Content9/10:Thistextbookisn'tendorsedbyOCRanditdoesn'thaveanythingforthecourseworkcomponent.HeavilyfocusedontheexamcomponentswhichisOKforarevisionguidesortofthing(althoughIdon'tconsideritone). FinalScore&Verdict:Despitebeing7thonthelistthisistheonlyresourcethatprovidesvideossoI'dhighlyrecommendyouusethem.Thevideosareallveryshortsoyoucaneasilywatchthemwithoutgettingboredandtheotherresourcessuchasthecheatsheetsforbooleanalgebraandpseudocodearebothincrediblyuseful.AsIalwayssay,whenresourcesarescarceusewhateveryoucanfind! 8.2/10 Sohere'showthisisgoingtowork,eachplaceintherankingmaybeoccupiedbymorethanoneresource(thatmaybepartofthesameseries).Theywillallberankedaccordingto5indicatorseachratedoutof10togivetheresourceacombinedscoreoutof10whichwillbefollowedbyafinalverdict: Content9/10:ThisoneisabitofapuntsincethefullAlevelrevisionguideisgoingtobereleasedthisOctoberbutjudgingbytheASrevisionguide(whichisexcellent),Ithinkitmayjustincludeeverythingapartfromthecourseworkcomponent.