Computer Studies / Computing

Assessment

Paper 1: 40% of A Level. 2 hour 30 minutes written examination. Topics include; the characteristics of contemporary processors, input, output and storage devices, software development, exchanging data, data structures and algorithms, legal, moral, cultural and ethical issues Paper 2: 40% of A Level. 2 hour 30 minutes written examination. Topics include; elements of computational thinking, problem-solving and programming, algorithms to solve problems and standard algorithms Non-Examination Assessment: 20% of A Level. Practical computing project. The non-examination assessment evaluates students’ ability to use knowledge and skills gained through the course to solve a practical problem. Students will be expected to analyze, design, develop, test, evaluate, and document a program written in a suitable programming language. The underlying approach to the project is to apply the principles of computational thinking to a practical coding problem. Students are expected to apply appropriate principles from an agile development approach to the project development. Students will choose a computing problem to work through and complete the following tasks: • Analysis of the problem • Design of the solution • Developing the solution • Evaluation