Content10/10:Unlikethefreeresources,thepremiumoneshaveloadsofguidanceontheprogrammingprojectintheformofvideos,exemplarsandmore! FinalScore&Verdict:Containsawealthofresourceswhichareallfreesodefinitelyuseasmanyasyoucan.Highlyrecommendtherevisionexercisesasthenewspecpapersaren'tenoughatthisstageandyouneedallthepracticeyoucanget. 7.4/10 Accessibility8/10:InitiallyhadafewmistakeswhichwerecorrectedbutisstillasolidtextbookthatactuallydeservesanendorsementbyOCR.

Content10/10:ThistextbookisactuallyendorsedbyOCR(notthatthatmeansmuch)sobydefaultitcoversit'sentirecourseandyesitincludesmaterialonthecoursework. Content8/10:thefreeflippedclassroomvideoscoverprettymucheverysinglespecpointindepthfortheexamcomponentsandthere'sacoupleofotherfreeresourcesaswellontopofthat.Itdoesn'thowever,haveanythingfortheprogrammingproject. Concision8/10:ThereisaPresentationcontainingprettymucheverysingledefinitioninthespecwhichareessentiallygoodsummariesofeachtopic.

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Presentation10/10:Alltheinteractiveactivities,worksheets,testsandthesummarypresentationsareextremelywellpresented.Can'tfaultanythinghere. Accessibility8/10:Hasafewmistakeshereandthereandsometimesmissessomecontentcompletelysoit'shardgetagoodunderstandingofsometopicsasawhole.Iguessthat'swhyit'snotendorsedbyOCR. Sohere'showthisisgoingtowork,eachplaceintherankingmaybeoccupiedbymorethanoneresource(thatmaybepartofthesameseries).Theywillallberankedaccordingto5indicatorseachratedoutof10togivetheresourceacombinedscoreoutof10whichwillbefollowedbyafinalverdict:

Concision10/10:Markschemesarethebestresourceofallinmyopinion.Clear,conciseandgetstraighttothepoint.Itsimplytellsyoueverythingtheexaminersarelookingforwithoutanyunnecessaryinformation. Students will be expected to analyse a problem (10 marks), and design (15 marks), develop and test (25 marks), and evaluate and document (20 marks) a program. The program must be to solve it written in a suitable programming language. Accessibility8/10:Thequestionsintheexercisesaresimilarindifficultytonewspecpapers.Nothardtoseewhythey'resoaccessiblesincethey'retakenfromtextbooksbuteventherevisionresourcescanbeeasilyunderstood. Presentation8/10:Generallydisplaysthecontentwellbutnotthepresentationisnotasgoodastheothertextbooksinmyopinion.Maybeit'sbecauseofitsmonochromaticimagesorsimplybecausethere'snocolourwhatsoever. Accessibility7/10:HasloadsoferrorswhichIthinkthey'venowfixedintheneweditionorsomething,butjudgingbythetextbookIhavethenIhavetosayitwasreallyannoyingfindingsomanyerrorsinaresourcethatwassupposedlyendorsedbyOCR.A written paper assessing the application of the knowledge and understanding developed in component 01.