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Presentation10/10:Verywellpresented.AllthecontentonthePowerPointPresentationsisverygoodasitdoesn'thavetoomuchinfoperslide.PDFsarelaidoutnicelyaswell.Nofaultshere. FinalScore&Verdict:Thisisdefinitelyoneofthebestpaperresourcesoutthere.Verygoodbutisunfortunatelyveryexpensiveaswell.Again,Iwouldhighlyrecommendyougetyourschooltogetthisresourcebecauseit'sdefinitelyworthit. 8.4/10 Content9/10:ThisoneisabitofapuntsincethefullAlevelrevisionguideisgoingtobereleasedthisOctoberbutjudgingbytheASrevisionguide(whichisexcellent),Ithinkitmayjustincludeeverythingapartfromthecourseworkcomponent. FinalScore&Verdict:Thebestonlineresourceavailableplainandsimple(thatisn'tendorsedbyOCRforsomereason). 9/10
Content9/10:Thisoneisalreadyavailablebutdoesn'thaveanythingontheprogrammingprojecteither.Coversallotherpartsofthespecverywell. 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. Presentation10/10:Alltheinteractiveactivities,worksheets,testsandthesummarypresentationsareextremelywellpresented.Can'tfaultanythinghere. Presentation8/10:can'treallyjudgevideosontheirpresentationbutthefewfreeresourcesavailablearenicelylaidout,maybethat'sbecausethereisn'talotofinfointhembutwhatevercontentisavailableispresentedwell.Accessibility8/10:Thequestionsintheexercisesaresimilarindifficultytonewspecpapers.Nothardtoseewhythey'resoaccessiblesincethey'retakenfromtextbooksbuteventherevisionresourcescanbeeasilyunderstood. Concision10/10:Very,veryconcise.Doesn'tbeataroundthebushandjustgivesyoualltheinformationyouneedinminimalspace.Definitelythebestrevisionguideavailablerightnow(unfortunately,CGPhaven'tgotoneforAlevelComputerScienceotherwiseIthinkitwouldbeequallygood). Asthetitlesaysthisisarankingofthetop10resourcesfortheH046/H446spec.NowImustadmit,Iwasn'tevensuretherewere10decentresourcestoputonthislistbutafterabitofdiggingI'vefoundthem. Accessibility9/10:Surprisinglyveryaccessible.Despitesomewafflingtheinfoisnothardtounderstand.Boththeenhancededitionandthetextbookpresentcontentinaneasytograspway.
Accessibility10/10:Surprisinglyeasytounderstand.Eventhoughitgivesthecontentyouneedtoknowwithoutanywafflingorintroductions(whichisgreat)itmakesitveryeasytodigesttheinfoviabulletpointsandshortparagraphs.FinalScore&Verdict:Thisisdefinitelybyfarthebestpaperresourceoutthere.Beatsallthetextbooksineverythingexceptprice.Iwouldhighlyrecommendyougetyourschooltogetthisresourcebecauseit'sdefinitelyworthit. 9/10 Presentation8/10:Generallydisplaysthecontentwellbutnotthepresentationisnotasgoodastheothertextbooksinmyopinion.Maybeit'sbecauseofitsmonochromaticimagesorsimplybecausethere'snocolourwhatsoever. Presentation7/10:Bothrevisionandexerciseresourcesareinpdfformatandareveryeasytoread.Thetextintherevisionresourcesislaidoutwellandhasrelevantdiagramsandimagestoenhancetheappealofsaidresources. Accessibility9/10:Videoisprobablythemostaccessiblewaytodelivercontent,there'slittletonoreadingandyoujusthavetowatchandlistencarefully.Thevideosandtheotherresourcesdelivercontentinaveryaccessiblewaysuitableforprettymucheveryone.
Sohere'showthisisgoingtowork,eachplaceintherankingmaybeoccupiedbymorethanoneresource(thatmaybepartofthesameseries).Theywillallberankedaccordingto5indicatorseachratedoutof10togivetheresourceacombinedscoreoutof10whichwillbefollowedbyafinalverdict:Concision8/10:ThereisaPresentationcontainingprettymucheverysingledefinitioninthespecwhichareessentiallygoodsummariesofeachtopic. Concision6/10:althoughtheaforementionedvideoscoverthespecentirely,someofthem(primarilythoserelatedwiththeory)includeabitof"waffling".Theotherfreeresources(whicharen'talot)arefairlyconcise. Concision:ranksresourcesaccordingtohowtheydeliverthecontent,notwhatthecontentislikethepreviousindicator.Basically,thelesswafflethebetter! Anyway,enoughselfadvertising.That'smylistofthetop10resourcesforOCRAlevelComputerSciencethatIhaveusedpersonally,doyouagreewithit?IsthereanyresourceImissed?Putyourcommentsbelowandasalways...