Computer Science OCR A level H446 Spec. Simplifies teaching by adhering precisely to specification: Detailed, but concise coverage of each section. Great for home-learning & revision. Simple to use.

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ThisisexactlythesamepositionI'minandit'sthe*****iestthingever.ItookGCSEICTandhavereallyawfulteachingforthecomputersciencecoursewhichhasleftmeteachingmyself.I'velookedintothecomplaintsprocedureforOCRbutitlooksasiftheydon'ttakestudentcomplaints.ThetextbookIhaveisawfulandwaffleswaytoomuch,sothanksfortheclarificationguide. Whenyou'recomfortablewiththelogicsideofthings,dothequestionsagain(allofthem)soyoucanpracticewritinginthecorrectsyntax.IalsodoneVisualBasicinyear12anditwasterriblesinceIhadneverdoneanyprogrammingbeforehand. AnothereasywayofgettingusedtowritingalgorithmsinOCR'ssyntaxistoliterallywritedownallthealgorithmsinthequestionsthemselvesoftheF452pastpapersinthenewsyntax.Theoldspecpapersuseasimilarsyntaxtothecurrentspec,butthereareafewdifferencesandIpersonallythinkthecurrentspecsyntaxisalotcleaner. A free on-line marking course is available on OCR Train. This can be completed in your own time and includes a series of tests designed to ensure that you are correctly allocating levels to the AEP and practical performances. 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.

Obviously,you'llneedsometechnicalskillsinwritingcodeinHTML,CSS,JavaScript,SQL,LMCandofcoursepseudocodeamongstotherthings.Forthis,youactuallyneedtopracticebydoinglotsandlotsofquestions,noamountofmemoryworkwillcutit.There'sloadsofquestionsintheoldspecpapersthataredefinitelyworthatry. We hope that your students enjoy analysis, designing, developing the coded solution and testing, and evaluating the programming project using an acceptable high-level object-oriented programming language. Each year we’re really impressed to see the range and diversity of programming projects submitted. 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. Movingon,theveryfirstwordofthespecpointissomethingveryfamiliarinexams,itsays DESCRIBE.NowI'msurethatIdon'thavetotellyouthedifferencebetweenthecommandwordsstate,identify,define,describe,explainetc.soitwouldmakeperfectsenseforOCRtoclearlystatewhatknowledgeIneedregardingtheALU. Anyway,IthinkIjustneededtoventandletallthecontemptIhadforOCRbeforetheyreleasedthisguideout(don'tgetmewrong,Istillhatethem).Thanks,thereasonIstartedmakingtheseinthefirstplacewasduetotherebeingprettymuchnogoodresourcesavailableforthiscourse,atleastnotfreeones.Ithonestlyamazedmehowpoorthequalityofthetextbooksandotherresourceswere,especiallythesocalled"OCRendorsed"ones. IfOCRcouldwritesuchaclearanddetailedspecbefore,whynotnow?Thenewlinearexamsystemisalreadytoughenoughandtomakemattersworse,somestudentsdon'tevenknowwhatcontenttheyhavetoknowfortheexam! A CPD webinar could be a one-stop shop for all your needs in improving your delivery and assessment of the NEA for H446. You will look at the mark scheme in detail and review how to apply it fairly and accurately to candidate work. The internal workings of the (CPU), data exchange, software development, data types and legal and ethical issues. Withthatsaid,bothtextbookshavesomegreataspectsbutthePGonlineoneedgesitforme.IamcurrentlywritingatextbookandIfindbothofthemtohavedesirablefeaturesthatIplantoincludeinmyown.

Ialsofoundpaper2abitharderthanpaper1atfirstbut,ifyoudoeverysinglealgorithmquestionoftheoldspecpapersyou'llbefine.AndIdomean everysingleone.Infact,IthinkevenOCRgotthepicturebecauseguesswhat,theyreleasedasubjectcontentclarificationguidein2017(nearly2yearsafterthespec)whichI'lllinkattheendofthispost. Pythonhasamuchcleanersyntaxthat'ssimilartoOCR'soneandisveryeasytolearnifyouputtheeffortinwhichiswhatIdidinyear13whenIhadtoselfteachAlevelComputerScience.