Cambridge International AS and A Level Computer Science Teacher’s Resource CD-ROM

DESCRIPTION:

This Teacher's Resource CD-ROM accompanies the Cambridge International AS and A Level Computer Science Coursebook. It includes answers to all extension and end-of-unit questions, ideas on how to make best use of the materials contained within the coursebook, homework tasks and additional extension activity worksheets, and a bibliography of helpful further reading.

FEATURES:

• Contains answers to all extension and end-of-unit questions posed in the coursebook.
• Offers detailed support to teachers following the 9608 syllabus in order to help them get the best out of the coursebook resources.
• Offers examples in three programming languages noted in the syllabus (Visual Basic, Python and Pascal/Delphi) to support all students.

CONTENTS:

PART 1 THEORY FUNDAMENTALS
1. Information representation
2. Communication and Internet technologies
3. Hardware
4. Logic gates and logic circuits
5. Processor fundamentals
6. Assembly language programming
7. System software
8. Data security, privacy and integrity
9. Ethics and ownership
10. Database and data modelling
PART 2 FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM-SOLVING AND PROGRAMMING SKILLS
11. Algorithm design and problem solving
12. Stepwise refinement and structure charts
13. Programming and data representation
14. Structured programming
15. Software development
PART 3 ADVANCED THEORY
16. Data representation
17. Communication and Internet technologies
18. Boolean algebra and logic circuits
19. Processor and computer architecture
20. System software
21. Security
22. Monitoring and control systems
PART 4 FURTHER PROBLEM-SOLVING AND PROGRAMMING SKILLS
23. Computational thinking and problem-solving
24. Algorithm design methods
25. Recursion
26. Further programming
27. Object-oriented programming (OOP)
28. Low level programming
29. Declarative programming
30. Software development