GCSE COMPUTER SCIENCE REVISION 2020 (EDUQAS SPEC)
PART 1- HOW DO I REVISE?
- Plan a timetable when you are going to revise and what (see spec list below)
- Keep each session to 1 hour in a quiet location. No music or phones nearby.
- Choose a topic based on timetable
- Spend the first 30 minutes learning knowledge / cards / writing out definitions / mind maps / looking at revision guides. Use knowledge from Part 2 to help.
- For the next 15 minutes take quizzes from Part 4-Self Test Section
- For the next 15 minutes take a few exam questions from Part 5- Exam Questions
PART 2- GET THE KNOWLEDGE & THEORY
- App BBC Bitesize (Via Android or Apple Store) Choose Computer Science > Eduqas)
- App GCSE Computing Revision Computer Science– (Via Android or Apple Store- Green Head As Logo)- Has Add To Revision List Feature
- Mobile Eduqas Revision Guide Paper 1 – click here ; Paper 2 – click here
- Memorise Flash Cards– Whole Specification here
- BBC Bitesize Web Site Links– see below
- Architecture
- Memory
- Storage
- Communication
- Organisation and structure of data
- Operating systems
- Principles of programming
- Program construction
- Security and data management
- Ethical, legal and environmental impacts of technology
- Problem solving
- Designing algorithms
- Programming constructs
- Data structures and data types
- Common algorithms
- Markup languages
- Object oriented languages
- Assembly language
- Security and authentication
PART 3- STUDY SKILLS
These will help you tackle trickier questions
PART 4- SELF QUIZZING / LOW STAKES QUIZZES
NEW! FULL SPEC 155 FLASHCARDS- QUIZLET- click here
Fully structured revision sessions- read, learn & test- click here (by Mr Carter)