Exam preparation
Getting the marks: how the papers work, command words, trace tables, pseudocode, programming and long answers, where marks are lost, revision that works, and a robot that tests you.
Start in the simulator- F13.1 How your exam works The papers for each board, command words, and planning your time by the marks.
- F13.2 Trace tables Being the computer: a row for every change, and the checks that catch a slip.
- F13.3 Pseudocode in the exam Reading and writing exam pseudocode and flowcharts, and translating both ways.
- F13.4 Programming questions Taking a question apart, the jobs that come up again and again, and how the marks are given.
- F13.5 Number and data questions Conversions, units and file sizes at speed, with the checks that catch mistakes.
- F13.6 Long answer questions Point, because, so: a structure for discuss and evaluate questions, and a conclusion that decides.
- F13.7 Where marks are lost The ten commonest mistakes, checking on paper, and repairing a broken program.
- F13.8 Revision that works Retrieval practice, spacing and interleaving, and a planner that schedules them.
- F13.9 Project: the revision robot A robot that asks you questions, marks your answers and tells you what to revise.