Computer Studies / Computing

Assessment

The characteristics of contemporary processors, input, output, and storage devices. Software and software development. Exchanging data. Data types, data structures, and algorithms. Legal, moral, cultural, and ethical issues. - Assessment: 2 hours and 30 minutes written paper (140 Marks) Algorithms and Programming Components: Elements of computational thinking. Problem-solving and programming. Algorithms to solve problems and standard algorithms. - Assessment: 2 hours and 30 minutes written paper (140 Marks) Programming Project: Learners will choose a computing problem to work through according to the specification. Analysis of the problem. Design of the solution. Developing the solution. Evaluation. - Assessment: Non-exam assessment (70 Marks) This course is broken down into two clear component parts the Personal Investigation and the Externally Set Assignment. Unit 1: Computer systems component (01) contains the majority of the content of the specification and is assessed in a written paper recalling knowledge and understanding. Unit 2: Algorithms and programming component (02) relates principally to problem-solving skills needed by learners to apply the knowledge and understanding encountered in Component 01. Unit 3: Programming project component (03 or 04) is a practical-based assessment with a task that is produced in an appropriate programming language of the learner’s or teacher’s choice.