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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Accessibility9/10:Surprisinglyveryaccessible.Despitesomewafflingtheinfoisnothardtounderstand.Boththeenhancededitionandthetextbookpresentcontentinaneasytograspway. FinalScore&Verdict:Despitebeing7thonthelistthisistheonlyresourcethatprovidesvideossoI'dhighlyrecommendyouusethem.Thevideosareallveryshortsoyoucaneasilywatchthemwithoutgettingboredandtheotherresourcessuchasthecheatsheetsforbooleanalgebraandpseudocodearebothincrediblyuseful.AsIalwayssay,whenresourcesarescarceusewhateveryoucanfind! 8.2/10 Concision6/10:althoughtheaforementionedvideoscoverthespecentirely,someofthem(primarilythoserelatedwiththeory)includeabitof"waffling".Theotherfreeresources(whicharen'talot)arefairlyconcise. Presentation10/10:Verywellpresented.AllthecontentonthePowerPointPresentationsisverygoodasitdoesn'thavetoomuchinfoperslide.PDFsarelaidoutnicelyaswell.Nofaultshere. Anyway,enoughselfadvertising.That'smylistofthetop10resourcesforOCRAlevelComputerSciencethatIhaveusedpersonally,doyouagreewithit?IsthereanyresourceImissed?Putyourcommentsbelowandasalways...

A written paper assessing the application of the knowledge and understanding developed in component 01.Accessibility10/10:Surprisinglyeasytounderstand.Eventhoughitgivesthecontentyouneedtoknowwithoutanywafflingorintroductions(whichisgreat)itmakesitveryeasytodigesttheinfoviabulletpointsandshortparagraphs. Accessibility7/10:HasloadsoferrorswhichIthinkthey'venowfixedintheneweditionorsomething,butjudgingbythetextbookIhavethenIhavetosayitwasreallyannoyingfindingsomanyerrorsinaresourcethatwassupposedlyendorsedbyOCR. Content9/10:Thisoneisalreadyavailablebutdoesn'thaveanythingontheprogrammingprojecteither.Coversallotherpartsofthespecverywell.

Accessibility10/10:Alltheresourcesareveryhighqualityandthusareveryaccessible.Oneshouldhavenoproblemunderstandingtheinformationdelivered. Concision10/10:Markschemesarethebestresourceofallinmyopinion.Clear,conciseandgetstraighttothepoint.Itsimplytellsyoueverythingtheexaminersarelookingforwithoutanyunnecessaryinformation. Accessibility9/10:Asidefromthevideos,thepremiumresources(notabletheKeyTerminologyPresentationandCheatsheetsaforementioned)areveryeasytounderstand. Asthetitlesaysthisisarankingofthetop10resourcesfortheH046/H446spec.NowImustadmit,Iwasn'tevensuretherewere10decentresourcestoputonthislistbutafterabitofdiggingI'vefoundthem.What is meant by computational thinking (thinking abstractly, thinking ahead, thinking procedurally etc.) Presentation8/10:Mostofthepremiumresourcesavailablearewellpresented,afewofthemcouldbebetterbutonthewholetheyareallaestheticallyappealing.

Concision:ranksresourcesaccordingtohowtheydeliverthecontent,notwhatthecontentislikethepreviousindicator.Basically,thelesswafflethebetter! 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. Concision8/10:Materialcoversallthecontentwellbutdoesgooverboardsometimesingivinginfonotrelevanttothespeci.e.contentthatyoudon'tneedtoknow! Content9/10:Thetextbookandenhancededitiondeliverallthecontentofthespecindetailexceptformaterialonthecourseworkcomponent.

Accessibility9/10:Usesastraightforwardapproachindeliveringmaterialwhichisveryeasytounderstand.Noflowerylanguageortechnicalterminology,takesyouthroughthetheorystepbystep. Content7/10:Doesn'tcovertheentirespec.OnlycoversmaterialfortheComputerSystemsandComputingPrinciplesexamsandabitfortheprogrammmingexam.Nomaterialforthecourseworkcomponenteither. Presentation8/10:Generallydisplaysthecontentwellbutnotthepresentationisnotasgoodastheothertextbooksinmyopinion.Maybeit'sbecauseofitsmonochromaticimagesorsimplybecausethere'snocolourwhatsoever.

Content10/10:ThistextbookisactuallyendorsedbyOCR(notthatthatmeansmuch)sobydefaultitcoversit'sentirecourseandyesitincludesmaterialonthecoursework.Accessibility8/10:InitiallyhadafewmistakeswhichwerecorrectedbutisstillasolidtextbookthatactuallydeservesanendorsementbyOCR.