Updated specification; first teaching September 2020. Specification code: 8525 Written by leading Computer Science teachers, this textbook will guide students through the updated AQA GCSE Computer Science specification topic by topic, and provide them with standalone recap and review sections, practice questions, worked examples and clear explanations of complex topics. This textbook: >> Prepares students for assessment with numerous practice questions for all topics >> Develops computational thinking skills >> Provides differentiated material with the 'beyond the spec' feature >> Includes standalone recap and review sections at the end of each chapter >> Provides definitions of technical terms, along with a glossary of words to ensure students feel confident with the assessment. Authors George Rouse, Lorne Pearcey and Gavin Craddock are highly respected and widely published authors of resources.

Written by leading Computer Science teachers, this brand-new textbook will guide students through the updated OCR GCSE Computer Science specification topic by topic, and provide them with standalone recap and review sections, worked examples and clear explanations of complex topics. This Student Book: >> develops computational thinking skills in line with the new Practical Programming element of Component 02 >> provides differentiated material with the 'beyond the spec' feature >> includes standalone recap and review sections at the end of each chapter >> includes answers to the Knowledge Check questions to support independent learning >> provides definitions of technical terms, along with a glossary of words that will be needed for assessment. Looking for answers for the Student Book? They can be found at the back of the print textbook. You can now access a free set of practice questions on the Hodder Education website. Please note, these questions are not endorsed by OCR and have not been subject to any OCR quality assurance processes. George Rouse, Lorne Pearcey and Gavin Craddock are highly respected and widely published authors of resources.

If you struggle with binary multiplication, or Big O Notation, this is the book for you. This textbook companion will help improve your essential maths skills for computer science, whichever awarding body specification you're following. You can use it throughout your course, whenever you feel you need some extra help. - Develop your understanding of both maths and computer science with all worked examples and questions within a computer science context - Improve your confidence with a step-by-step approach to every maths skill - Measure your progress with guided and non-guided questions to see how you're improving - Understand where you're going wrong with full worked solutions to every question - Feel confident in expert guidance from experienced teachers and examiners Victoria Ellis and Gavin Craddock, reviewed by Dr Kathleen Maitland, Senior Lecturer in Computing and Director of the SAS Student Academy at Birmingham City University