OCR Course Spec

[Neil Collins]

Hi All,

 

See attached course spec from Jim for the OCR Computing GCSE.

 

The programming requirements are fairly broad and certainly see to leave the door open to people using any language they like.  Here’s the high level description of what’s needed for the programming bit:

 

Candidates should be able to:

(a) identify and use variables, operators, inputs, outputs and assignments

(b) understand and use the three basic programming constructs used to control the flow of a

program: Sequence; Conditionals; Iteration

(c) understand and use suitable loops including count and condition controlled loops

(d) use different types of data including Boolean, String, Integer and Real appropriately in

solutions to problems

(e) understand and use basic string manipulation

(f) understand and use basic file handling operations: open, read, write and close

(g) define and use arrays as appropriate when solving problems.

 

Using Visual Basic for that would seem OK to me but any views?

 

Neil