DESCRIPTION

Written for the OCR A/AS Level Computer Science specifications for first teaching from 2015, this print student book helps students build their knowledge and master underlying computing principles and concepts. The student book develops computational thinking, programming and problem-solving skills. Suitable for all abilities, it puts computing into context and gives students a real-life view on professional applications of computing skills. Answers to end-of-chapter questions are located in the free online teacher’s resource. A Cambridge Elevate enhanced edition is also available.
Contents
FEATURES
- Development of key computational thinking and problem-solving skills embedded throughout.
- Covers all the Component 1 and Component 2 content for AS and A Level, with A Level-only content clearly flagged.
- Free online teacher’s resource available.
CONTENTS
- Component 1
- Introduction
- 1. Structure and types of processor
- 2. Input, output and storage devices
- 3. Systems software
- 4. Applications and translators
- 5. Software development
- 6. Types of programming languages
- 7. Exchanging data
- 8. Databases
- 9. Networks
- 10. Web technologies
- 11. Data types and representation
- 12. Data structures
- 13. Boolean algebra
- 14. Legal and ethical issues
- Component 2
- 1. Thinking abstractly
- 2. Thinking ahead
- 3. Thinking procedurally
- 4. Thinking logically
- 5. Thinking concurrently
- 6. Programming techniques
- 7. Computational methods
- 8. Algorithms.