Topic title: Component 3 NEA programming project
Year group: 13
When taught: June in Y12 to December in Y13
What are we learning?
- Analyse, design, code, test and evaluate a software solution for a problem of your choice.
- The solution will be fully written up in a document with contents page, diagrams, tables, screenshots, descriptions, bibliography and annotated code.
- Development of a user interface and usability features
- Application of Computational methods including problem recognition, problem decomposition, abstraction and visualization.
- Application of standard algorithms for searching and sorting and data structures where appropriate.
- Data storage such as use of a database.
Why is this important to know?
- To apply the theory you have learnt over the past two years to a real problem scenario.
- To experience the different aspects and roles in code development.
- To enable students to recognise which problems can and cannot be solved using computers and to help students develop coding solutions.
Where does this link into our past and future learning?
- This links substantially to learning in components 1 & 2, in particular to computational thinking, standard algorithms and software development methodologies.
- Previous coding of solutions at KS4 will aid students.
- This unit will give students practical coding skills and an understanding of job roles in the IT industry.
How will we be assessed on this unit?
- The assessment will be marked internally and externally moderated.
What makes a strong piece of work in this topic? What are teachers hoping to see?
- Follow the requirements of the markscheme in the specification.
- Regular stakeholder feedback.
- Evidence of validation and robustness testing.
- Regular discussion and testing of usability.
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What can I try if I want to stretch and challenge myself on this topic?
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