2.1 - Algorithms
2.1.3 - Searching and Sorting Algorithms

This is one of the most straightforward parts of unit 2. All of the algorithms here have easy to understand methods and are sufficiently different that you shouldn't confuse one for the other. As usual, at GCSE level, you need to know the algorithm and some advantages and disadvantages. It seems like a lot at […]

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2.1 - Algorithms
2.1.2 Designing, Creating and Refining Algorithms

Section two is a little bit all over the shop. In 2.1.2 you are expected to be able to demonstrate the skill of creating and writing algorithms in three ways - one of which is in a programming language. In this section we will focus on mainly the skill of creating a flow chart. Pseudo […]

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2.1 - Algorithms
2.1.1 - Computational Thinking

How do we actually get machines to do things for us? The dream many decades ago was that we would simply sit in front of a ChatGPT like interface and just dictate our problems into a machine and a few moments later the answers would pop out of a printer or appear on a screen. […]

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