A Level Computer Science

Assessment

Course Content and Assessment Computing Principles The characteristics of contemporary processors, input, output and storage devices Written Paper – 2hr 30mins 40% of A-Level Software and software development Exchanging data Data types, data structures and algorithms Legal, moral, cultural and ethical issues. Elements of computational thinking Algorithm and Programming Programming and problem solving Pattern recognition, abstraction and decomposition Algorithm design and efficiency Standard algorithms Written Paper – 2hr 30mins 40% of A-Level Computing Project Programming project in a high level language Project – internally assessed & externally moderated 20% of A-Level