Content7/10:Doesn'tcovertheentirespec.OnlycoversmaterialfortheComputerSystemsandComputingPrinciplesexamsandabitfortheprogrammmingexam.Nomaterialforthecourseworkcomponenteither. Accessibility9/10:Usesastraightforwardapproachindeliveringmaterialwhichisveryeasytounderstand.Noflowerylanguageortechnicalterminology,takesyouthroughthetheorystepbystep. Accessibility9/10:GoingtohavetogiveaslightdowngradeheresinceOCR(alongwithprettymucheveryotherexamboard)arequitenotoriousforwriting"evil"papers. Content9/10:Thisoneisalreadyavailablebutdoesn'thaveanythingontheprogrammingprojecteither.Coversallotherpartsofthespecverywell. FinalScore&Verdict:Thisisdefinitelybyfarthebestpaperresourceoutthere.Beatsallthetextbooksineverythingexceptprice.Iwouldhighlyrecommendyougetyourschooltogetthisresourcebecauseit'sdefinitelyworthit. 9/10

Accessibility8/10:Hasafewmistakeshereandthereandsometimesmissessomecontentcompletelysoit'shardgetagoodunderstandingofsometopicsasawhole.Iguessthat'swhyit'snotendorsedbyOCR. Price:nomatterhowgoodaresourceis,ifit'sexpensivechancesareyoumaynotevenuseitsothepriceofaresourceisessentialinthisranking. Presentation7/10:Bothrevisionandexerciseresourcesareinpdfformatandareveryeasytoread.Thetextintherevisionresourcesislaidoutwellandhasrelevantdiagramsandimagestoenhancetheappealofsaidresources. Sohere'showthisisgoingtowork,eachplaceintherankingmaybeoccupiedbymorethanoneresource(thatmaybepartofthesameseries).Theywillallberankedaccordingto5indicatorseachratedoutof10togivetheresourceacombinedscoreoutof10whichwillbefollowedbyafinalverdict: Concision10/10:Very,veryconcise.Doesn'tbeataroundthebushandjustgivesyoualltheinformationyouneedinminimalspace.Definitelythebestrevisionguideavailablerightnow(unfortunately,CGPhaven'tgotoneforAlevelComputerScienceotherwiseIthinkitwouldbeequallygood).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. Accessibility9/10:Surprisinglyveryaccessible.Despitesomewafflingtheinfoisnothardtounderstand.Boththeenhancededitionandthetextbookpresentcontentinaneasytograspway. Concision6/10:althoughtheaforementionedvideoscoverthespecentirely,someofthem(primarilythoserelatedwiththeory)includeabitof"waffling".Theotherfreeresources(whicharen'talot)arefairlyconcise. Content9/10:Thetextbookandenhancededitiondeliverallthecontentofthespecindetailexceptformaterialonthecourseworkcomponent. Accessibility9/10:Videoisprobablythemostaccessiblewaytodelivercontent,there'slittletonoreadingandyoujusthavetowatchandlistencarefully.Thevideosandtheotherresourcesdelivercontentinaveryaccessiblewaysuitableforprettymucheveryone.

Accessibility8/10:Thequestionsintheexercisesaresimilarindifficultytonewspecpapers.Nothardtoseewhythey'resoaccessiblesincethey'retakenfromtextbooksbuteventherevisionresourcescanbeeasilyunderstood. Concision8/10:Materialcoversallthecontentwellbutdoesgooverboardsometimesingivinginfonotrelevanttothespeci.e.contentthatyoudon'tneedtoknow! Concision10/10:Markschemesarethebestresourceofallinmyopinion.Clear,conciseandgetstraighttothepoint.Itsimplytellsyoueverythingtheexaminersarelookingforwithoutanyunnecessaryinformation. Anyway,enoughselfadvertising.That'smylistofthetop10resourcesforOCRAlevelComputerSciencethatIhaveusedpersonally,doyouagreewithit?IsthereanyresourceImissed?Putyourcommentsbelowandasalways... FinalScore&Verdict:Ifthisresourceissupposedtobearevisionguide,Iwouldn'tsayit'sgreatonebutasatextbookitget'sthejobdoneingettingallthecontentacrossinit'sownway(whichcanbeunnecessarilylongsometimes).Eventhoughthisischeaper,Iwouldrecommendtheotheroneasitfullysupportsthespecification. 8.6/10Accessibility8/10:InitiallyhadafewmistakeswhichwerecorrectedbutisstillasolidtextbookthatactuallydeservesanendorsementbyOCR. Presentation8/10:Generallydisplaysthecontentwellbutnotthepresentationisnotasgoodastheothertextbooksinmyopinion.Maybeit'sbecauseofitsmonochromaticimagesorsimplybecausethere'snocolourwhatsoever.

Content9/10:Thistextbookisn'tendorsedbyOCRanditdoesn'thaveanythingforthecourseworkcomponent.HeavilyfocusedontheexamcomponentswhichisOKforarevisionguidesortofthing(althoughIdon'tconsideritone). Presentation:agoodresourceshouldbeaestheticallyappealing,evenithasallthecontentitshouldlayoutalltheinformationinaneasytograspform. FinalScore&Verdict:Despitebeing7thonthelistthisistheonlyresourcethatprovidesvideossoI'dhighlyrecommendyouusethem.Thevideosareallveryshortsoyoucaneasilywatchthemwithoutgettingboredandtheotherresourcessuchasthecheatsheetsforbooleanalgebraandpseudocodearebothincrediblyuseful.AsIalwayssay,whenresourcesarescarceusewhateveryoucanfind! 8.2/10 Presentation10/10:Verywellpresented.AllthecontentonthePowerPointPresentationsisverygoodasitdoesn'thavetoomuchinfoperslide.PDFsarelaidoutnicelyaswell.Nofaultshere. Content10/10:ThistextbookisactuallyendorsedbyOCR(notthatthatmeansmuch)sobydefaultitcoversit'sentirecourseandyesitincludesmaterialonthecoursework.FinalScore&Verdict:Thisisdefinitelyoneofthebestpaperresourcesoutthere.Verygoodbutisunfortunatelyveryexpensiveaswell.Again,Iwouldhighlyrecommendyougetyourschooltogetthisresourcebecauseit'sdefinitelyworthit. 8.4/10 What is meant by computational thinking (thinking abstractly, thinking ahead, thinking procedurally etc.) A written paper assessing the application of the knowledge and understanding developed in component 01. FinalScore&Verdict:Containsawealthofresourceswhichareallfreesodefinitelyuseasmanyasyoucan.Highlyrecommendtherevisionexercisesasthenewspecpapersaren'tenoughatthisstageandyouneedallthepracticeyoucanget. 7.4/10 Asthetitlesaysthisisarankingofthetop10resourcesfortheH046/H446spec.NowImustadmit,Iwasn'tevensuretherewere10decentresourcestoputonthislistbutafterabitofdiggingI'vefoundthem.

Presentation10/10:Alltheinteractiveactivities,worksheets,testsandthesummarypresentationsareextremelywellpresented.Can'tfaultanythinghere. Students are introduced to the internal workings of the (CPU), data exchange, software development, data types and legal and ethical issues. The resulting knowledge and understanding will underpin their work in component 03. Accessibility:similartothepreviousindicatorbutjudgesresourcesaccordingtohowaccessibleistheinformationitself,notthepresentationoftheinformation.Inotherwords,howeasyisittounderstandthecontentdelivered.

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Content9/10:ThisoneisabitofapuntsincethefullAlevelrevisionguideisgoingtobereleasedthisOctoberbutjudgingbytheASrevisionguide(whichisexcellent),Ithinkitmayjustincludeeverythingapartfromthecourseworkcomponent. The internal workings of the (CPU), data exchange, software development, data types and legal and ethical issues. Content8/10:thefreeflippedclassroomvideoscoverprettymucheverysinglespecpointindepthfortheexamcomponentsandthere'sacoupleofotherfreeresourcesaswellontopofthat.Itdoesn'thowever,haveanythingfortheprogrammingproject. Presentation8/10:Mostofthepremiumresourcesavailablearewellpresented,afewofthemcouldbebetterbutonthewholetheyareallaestheticallyappealing. Concision8/10:ThereisaPresentationcontainingprettymucheverysingledefinitioninthespecwhichareessentiallygoodsummariesofeachtopic.