Computer Science (9608)

[Joseph Potts]

Who's giving Computer Science (not Computing) this session? How's the prep going

 

[Abhishek Agarwal]

I am!
AS and A
Cant do much prep -no resources(past papers, er)
Have done whatever was in the syllabus.
Which language will you use for P2 and P4?

 

[DaniyalK]

I'm giving it too. Prep is okay, but it would have been much better if there was a cambridge endorsed book and past papers.

 

[Joseph Potts]

I am!
AS and A
Cant do much prep -no resources(past papers, er)
Have done whatever was in the syllabus.
Which language will you use for P2 and P4?

Most probably Python. I'm only giving the AS components right now.

I'm giving it too. Prep is okay, but it would have been much better if there was a cambridge endorsed book and past papers.

Yeah, it's a new syllabus so there's no collective resources.

 

[Dr Death]

Me. Taking A and AS. Did all specimen papers. Also check out AQA paper 3's and 4's. They have state transition diagrams, decision tables etc which are all required.

 

[Joseph Potts]

Me. Taking A and AS. Did all specimen papers. Also check out AQA paper 3's and 4's. They have state transition diagrams, decision tables etc which are all required.

Well yeah, its in all computer papers

 

[Abhishek Agarwal]

Most probably Python. I'm only giving the AS components right now.


Yeah, it's a new syllabus so there's no collective resources.

If you're going to use python, what will you do about stuff like 2D arrays?

 

[Joseph Potts]

If you're going to use python, what will you do about stuff like 2D arrays?

It's a simple thing in Python. All I do is:

myArray = [[0, 1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6]]
print myArray[0] # prints [0, 1, 2, 3] array

 

[Dr Death]

Well yeah, its in all computer papers

I don't recall seeing a single Cambridge computer paper with state transition diagrams or decision tables or flip-flops .

 

[Johnwinchester66]

What book do you read to code in python for 9608 paper 2 exam?? Anyone help?? At school I've only been taught visual basics but I heard python is much easier so can someone advise me?? Thanks

 

[linkinpark]

What book do you read to code in python for 9608 paper 2 exam?? Anyone help?? At school I've only been taught visual basics but I heard python is much easier so can someone advise me?? Thanks

Python is an intutitive programming language, closest to English. There's plenty of free resources available on the internet to learn it.
https://www.codecademy.com/learn/learn-python
This would be probably a good place to start.

P.S. I'm a CS graduate. I did Applied ICT in my A level back in 2014