Listed on the official AQA Resource List
GCSE Computer Science Workbooks (Student & Teacher) – 2nd Edition – New Edition
for AQA 8520 – ISBN 9781911518075
Readings, questions and answers for all theory topics
Just £139+VAT £104.25+VAT (site licence)
Overview
Whether new to Computer Science or an experienced teacher, we could all do with saving time by not having to prepare resources. This GCSE Computer Science Workbook is built with teachers in mind. It saves you time by providing you with a bank of resources to improve lessons and increase student achievement. Setting homework, activities or meaningful cover becomes easy.
- Ideal for homework
- Makes setting cover easy
- Concise readings cover all topics
- Perfect for revision
- Lots for students to do – a staggering 1500 marks available in 75 worksheets
- Full coverage of both new AQA GCSE theory examinations
- This new edition consists of one workbook for students and another for teachers which contains the answers. This makes it easy to share with students even if you don’t want them to see the answers.
The PDFs contain:
- 75 Readings
- 75 Corresponding question sheets
- 75 Corresponding answer sheets (Teacher edition)
- Each question and answer sheet has 10 marks for easier questions and 10 marks for harder questions –
suitable for differentiation - Every sheet is out of 20 marks making it easy to calculate percentages for student feedback and school requests for data
- 8 bonus crosswords covering key programming terminology
- All pages are black and white for copying on any printer or photocopier
- Answer sheets for teachers contain workings for calculations and explanations of harder questions –
ensuring you’re not caught out - All questions easy to mark and suitable for peer marking to allow learners to progress and save you time
- The full site licence allows you to use the book however you want within your institution –
print, copy or upload to your VLE or learning platform (as long as it is only available to students in your institution – e.g. behind a password).
What’s NEW compared to previous editions?
Improvements based on teacher feedback and use in the classroom:
- Two books – allows you to share the readings/questions without sharing the answers
- 26 brand new sheets for the new specification/AQA
- Pseudo-code fully customised for AQA style
- Over 25% more content than previous editions
- Every sheet customised for AQA syllabus or completely rewritten
- A spreadsheet to record student progress (see the download tab to download now)
- A sheet at the front of the book for students to record their own progress
- A space for students to write their name if you use individual photocopies
- Higher quality images
- Further improvements and error fixes based on feedback from the first edition
Below are eight samples of the workbook. Each sample contains the full reading, questions and answers. You do not need to buy the workbook to get full use out of the downloads.
- Full Sample – (all below files)
- 11 – Assignment, Variables, Constants & Sequences
- 37 – Binary to Decimal Conversions
- 46 – Character Sets – ASCII
- 47 – Character Sets – Unicode
- 53 – Huffman Coding (New to 1st Edition)
- 59 – The CPU
- Crossword 1 – Assignment, Variables, Constants & Sequences
To record progress of students through the workbook, download the below spreadsheet for free.
In total 75 topics are covered. Each topic has one reading, one question sheet to fill in and one answer sheet. Programming theory follows the new style of pseudo-code used by AQA in examinations.
- Algorithms
- Decomposition
- Abstraction
- Flow diagrams 1
- Flow digarams 2
- Trace tables
- Linear & Binary Searches
- Sorting 1 – Bubble sort
- Sorting 2 – Merge sort
- Imperative languages
- Assignment, Variables, Constants & Sequences
- Data Types
- Inputs, Outputs & Type Conversion
- Arithmetic operations
- IF statements, Boolean & Relational Operators
- Nested Selection and Iteration
- WHILE, REPEAT-UNTIL Loops
- FOR loops
- Data structures
- Arrays
- 2D-Arrays
- Records
- String Manipulation
- String Manipulation 2
- Random Numbers
- File operations
- Structured Programming
- Procedures
- Functions
- Validation and verification
- Validation and authentication routines
- Errors & Testing
- High-level & Low-level languages
- Coding Instructions
- Assemblers, Compilers & Interpreters
- Binary
- Binary to Decimal Conversion
- Decimal to Binary Conversion
- Binary Addition
- Binary Addition 2
- Hexadecimal to Decimal Conversions
- Decimal to Hexadecimal Conversions
- Hexadecimal and Binary conversions
- Binary Shifts
- Computing Units
- Character sets – ASCII
- Character sets – Unicode
- Images & Pixels
- Image Size
- Digitising Sound
- Compression and Internet File Formats
- Run-Length Encoding
- Huffman Coding
- Logic Gates
- Operating Systems
- Utility Software
- Computer Systems
- Computer Architecture
- The CPU
- RAM, ROM & Virtual Memory
- Storage Technologies & Media
- Storage Devices
- Advantages of Using Networks
- Network Classifications
- Network Topologies
- Network Hardware
- Network Protocols
- Network Security
- Ethernet & Network Layers
- Cyber security 1 – Social engineering
- Cyber security 2 – Malicious Code
- Cyber security 3 – Other Threats
- Cyber security 4 – Detection and prevention
- Legislation
- Ethics, Culture & the Environment
James Franklin has a degree in Computing from Imperial College, London, a PGCE in ICT Education from Brighton University and an MA in Computing in Education from King’s College London. He has taught Computing A-level and GCSE for over 8 years in Chichester High School for Boys, LVS Ascot and Royal Russell School. James is passionate about helping teachers to teach Computer Science. Outside of this he enjoys photography and travel.
He tweets about Computer Science: @jfranklinedu
GCSE Computer Science Workbook Price: £139+VAT
Includes:
- 2 PDF files – available for immediate download – containing:
- 75 reading, question and answer pages
- 8 Crosswords and solutions
- Full site licence
- No restrictions on copying or printing within your licensed institution
For payments by credit card use the “ADD TO CART” button below; electronic products will be delivered immediately. If you wish to pay via invoice, please download and complete an order form.
for AQA
The AQA 2nd Edition contains two downloadable PDF files for the teacher and student versions.
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£139+VAT £104.25+VAT
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