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Presentation8/10:can'treallyjudgevideosontheirpresentationbutthefewfreeresourcesavailablearenicelylaidout,maybethat'sbecausethereisn'talotofinfointhembutwhatevercontentisavailableispresentedwell.
Concision6/10:althoughtheaforementionedvideoscoverthespecentirely,someofthem(primarilythoserelatedwiththeory)includeabitof"waffling".Theotherfreeresources(whicharen'talot)arefairlyconcise. A written paper assessing the application of the knowledge and understanding developed in component 01.
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Accessibility9/10:Usesastraightforwardapproachindeliveringmaterialwhichisveryeasytounderstand.Noflowerylanguageortechnicalterminology,takesyouthroughthetheorystepbystep. Concision8/10:Materialcoversallthecontentwellbutdoesgooverboardsometimesingivinginfonotrelevanttothespeci.e.contentthatyoudon'tneedtoknow!
Content9/10:ThisoneisabitofapuntsincethefullAlevelrevisionguideisgoingtobereleasedthisOctoberbutjudgingbytheASrevisionguide(whichisexcellent),Ithinkitmayjustincludeeverythingapartfromthecourseworkcomponent. FinalScore&Verdict:Thisisdefinitelyoneofthebestpaperresourcesoutthere.Verygoodbutisunfortunatelyveryexpensiveaswell.Again,Iwouldhighlyrecommendyougetyourschooltogetthisresourcebecauseit'sdefinitelyworthit. 8.4/10 Anyway,enoughselfadvertising.That'smylistofthetop10resourcesforOCRAlevelComputerSciencethatIhaveusedpersonally,doyouagreewithit?IsthereanyresourceImissed?Putyourcommentsbelowandasalways... What is meant by computational thinking (thinking abstractly, thinking ahead, thinking procedurally etc.)
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Content10/10:ThistextbookisactuallyendorsedbyOCR(notthatthatmeansmuch)sobydefaultitcoversit'sentirecourseandyesitincludesmaterialonthecoursework. FinalScore&Verdict:Despitebeing7thonthelistthisistheonlyresourcethatprovidesvideossoI'dhighlyrecommendyouusethem.Thevideosareallveryshortsoyoucaneasilywatchthemwithoutgettingboredandtheotherresourcessuchasthecheatsheetsforbooleanalgebraandpseudocodearebothincrediblyuseful.AsIalwayssay,whenresourcesarescarceusewhateveryoucanfind! 8.2/10 FinalScore&Verdict:Thisisdefinitelybyfarthebestpaperresourceoutthere.Beatsallthetextbooksineverythingexceptprice.Iwouldhighlyrecommendyougetyourschooltogetthisresourcebecauseit'sdefinitelyworthit. 9/10 Content10/10:Unlikethefreeresources,thepremiumoneshaveloadsofguidanceontheprogrammingprojectintheformofvideos,exemplarsandmore! Presentation8/10:Mostofthepremiumresourcesavailablearewellpresented,afewofthemcouldbebetterbutonthewholetheyareallaestheticallyappealing.