GCSE Computer Science

Description

Programming toolkit for Python: coursework component

• Maximise pupil success in coding and coursework

• Identify and use variables, operators, inputs, outputs and assignments

• Understand Sequence, Selection, Iteration

• Explore the suitable uses for FOR and WHILE loops

• Use different types of data:

• Boolean
• String
• Integer
• Real

• Basic string manipulations

• Basic file handling operations:

• Open
• Read
• Append
• Write
• Close

• Define & use arrays to solving problems

• Understand and use functions/procedures to create structured code

Successful & robust code-testing techniques: theory component

• Standard searching algorithms

• Binary search
• Linear search

• Standard sorting algorithms

• Bubble sort
• Merge sort
• Insertion sort

• Counts and rogue values

• Constructs in OOP