Trust highly experienced teacher and author Helen Buckland to guide you through the latest NCFE Level 1/2 Technical Award in Food and Cookery (for first teaching from 2022 onwards). This resource will strengthen your understanding of the content and boost the skills required to tackle the external exam and NEA with confidence.

This Student Textbook is:
>> Comprehensive – gain in-depth knowledge with clear explanations of every concept and topic with easy-to-follow chapters.
>> Accessible, reliable and trusted – structured to match the specification and provide you with the information you need to build knowledge, understanding and skills.
>> Designed to support you – boost your confidence when tackling the internal and external assessment with plenty of activities to test and consolidate knowledge.
>> Your go-to guide – an expert author has carefully designed tasks and activities to build your skillset in order to aid progression and questions to assess understanding.

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Exam board: AQA
Level: A-level
Subject: Computer Science
First teaching: September 2016
First exams: Summer 2017 (AS); Summer 2018 (A-level)

Covering what you really need to know for AQA A-level Computer Science- in just 120 pages- this revision guide makes revision easy – whether you’re getting started early or you need to do some last-minute cramming.

– Find key facts at your fingertips with quick summaries of the content, concepts and terms from the AQA A-level Computer Science specification
– Get better grades in your exams with tips on exam technique, mistakes to avoid and important things to remember
– Revise and practise using end-of-topic questions and synoptic questions at the end of each section
– Benefit from the knowledge of experienced teacher and Master Teacher for CAS, Stuart Davison

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OCR Computing for GCSE adopts an approach that provides comprehensive coverage of the specification, providing a cohesive and fully contextualised guide through the key content and skills demanded by all aspects of the course

– Develops students understanding of the theoretical aspects of the course and the skills they need to display in the exam
– Provides strategies for teachers and students for tackling the practical elements of the course
– Covers the key aspects of planning, developing, testing, and re-evaluating and modifying solutions for the practial investigation
– Supports students as they develop the skills to demonstrate programming techniques including designing a coded solution to a problem, creating a coded solution and testing a solution

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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.

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This title has been endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education.

Deliver an exciting computing course for ages 11-14, building on students’ existing computing skills and experience whilst demonstrating new concepts, with practice opportunities to ensure progression.
– Recap and activate students’ prior knowledge with ‘Do you remember?’ panels and introduce more advanced skills with ‘Challenge yourself!’ tasks.
– Allow students to demonstrate their knowledge creatively with engaging end of unit projects that apply skills and concepts in a range of different contexts.
– Develop computational thinking with an emphasis on broadening understanding throughout the activities.
– Provide clear guidance on e-safety with a strong focus throughout.

Contents
Introduction
1 Presenting choices: combining constructs
2 Design your own network: shape and size
3 Coding and testing: game development for the Micro:bit
4 Drilling down: How the processor processes
5 Big data modelling and analysis: databases and spreadsheets
6 An array of skills: expert storytelling
Glossary
Index

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A complete three-year lower secondary computing course that takes a real-life, project-based approach to teaching young learners the vital computing skills they will need for the digital world. Each unit builds a series of skills towards the creation of a final project, with topics ranging from designing your own robot to programming simple games and designing and creating web pages.

Within each stage, key concepts are covered to give learners not only the skills they need to use technology effectively, but also the knowledge in how to do so creatively, safely and collaboratively:

· Understand how modern technology works
· Use a wide range of computer hardware and software for analytical and creative tasks
· Use the internet safely, respectfully, and selectively
· Write computer programs and develop computational thinking

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Subject level: GCSE Computer Science for first examination in 2022

Exam board: OCR

Concise, clear layout for every part of the OCR Computer Science J277 specification

This approachable GCSE textbook has quickly become a firm favourite with teachers and schools delivering the GCSE OCR specification. It covers everything in the complete Computer Science GCSE.

Clarity is key. This book is laid out in a single column format with plenty of white space to keep you focussed on exactly what you need to know without missing anything. No page clutter. The specification has been closely followed in bite-sized chapters with exam style questions on each topic to test your understanding every step of the way.

Past examinations questions are essential to good preparation, improving understanding and confidence. This book has combined real OCR exam questions with a selection of new exam-style questions and exercises. All the essential ingredients for getting a grade you can be really proud of.

Questions on all topics assessing knowledge, application and analysis are all specifically and carefully devised throughout this book.
Note: The questions and exercises in the book are frequently set by teachers for homework. For this reason, answers to all of the questions in the book are available free to teachers only via the PG Online website. Students who require the answers are able to contact their teachers.

PG Online are multi-award-winning specialists in Computer Science with decades of teaching, examining and design experience.

Features:

• Endorsed by OCR examinations
• Follows the specification, point by point
• Questions and exercises on every topic
• Clear layout with beautifully illustrated examples
• Comprehensive index containing all of the key specification points

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