Teacher Pack: Unit 3.1 Fundamentals of Algorithms 8525 (from 2020)

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The resources within this Teacher Pack cover all aspects of the specification in relation to AQA GCSE Computer Science 8525 (from 2020) component 3.1.

It includes:                               

·        Teaching PowerPoint (includes checkpoint questions and answers) -74 Slides

·        Student PowerPoint (Includes checkpoint questions, but omits the answers)

·        Homework/Classwork Activities (+ mark schemes)

o  Decomposition and Abstraction

o  Flowcharts and High-Level Languages

o  Sorting Data

o  Sorting & Searching Programs

·        End of unit test (+ mark scheme)

Content Covered:

  • Understand and explain the term algorithm.
  • Understand and explain the term decomposition.
  • Understand and explain the term abstraction.
  • Use a systematic approach to problem solving and algorithm creation representing those
  • algorithms using pseudo-code, program code and flowcharts.
  • Explain simple algorithms in terms of their inputs, processing and outputs.
  • Determine the purpose of simple algorithms.
  • Understand that more than one algorithm can be used to solve the same problem.
  • Compare the efficiency of algorithms explaining how some algorithms are more efficient than others in solving the same problem.
  • Understand and explain how the linear search algorithm works.
  • Understand and explain how the binary search algorithm works.
  • Compare and contrast linear and binary search algorithms.
  • Understand and explain how the merge sort algorithm works.
  • Understand and explain how the bubble sort algorithm works.
  • Compare and contrast merge sort and bubble sort algorithms.