Higher Computing Science 2017-18

Hey Everyone, thought I'd make a new thread for help with this years SQA Higher Computing Exam and Assignment.

Is it just me, or has anyone else just started the assignment with their school? :K:

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Reply 1

username3818132

If AS, then we just finished one...

Reply 2

keeg

By higher do you mean A levels?

Reply 3

Freya Jackson

No, SQA Highers. I don't know about other exam boards, sorry :/

Reply 4

smith8867

Original post by Freya Jackson

Hey Everyone, thought I'd make a new thread for help with this years SQA Higher Computing Exam and Assignment.

Is it just me, or has anyone else just started the assignment with their school? :K:

To me thats pretty late to start the assignment. When I did my Higher, we started it in November/ December time. February/ March was to tidy up our reports etc. I know the new N5 assignment has been released not too long ago, however as far as I know, the Higher hasn't changed.

Reply 5

Tryin_ma_best

Original post by Freya Jackson

Hey Everyone, thought I'd make a new thread for help with this years SQA Higher Computing Exam and Assignment.

Is it just me, or has anyone else just started the assignment with their school? :K:

We started ours in late February, that’s me just about done mine now. What one is it you’re doing?

Reply 6

amiegiraffe

we finished ours like a week or so ago lol

Reply 7

brooke170

We finished ours a while ago and are now just tidying up the report.

Reply 8

Jtrayn

Just found out i got 55/60 what did you guys get

Reply 9

brooke170

Original post by Jtrayn

Just found out i got 55/60 what did you guys get

Ours haven’t been marked yet - that’s a great result! Well done.

Reply 10

Jtrayn

Original post by bwilliamson

Ours haven’t been marked yet - that’s a great result! Well done.

Thanks man good luck for yours

Reply 11

brooke170

How are you guys feeling about the exam? Everyone in my school thought last year’s was exceptionally hard compared to previous papers, hopefully our exam will be not too bad.

Reply 12

pizzalover101

My teacher is the worst, how are you guys learning the theory?? I really need some help!!

Reply 13

camelCase1

Original post by pizzalover101

My teacher is the worst, how are you guys learning the theory?? I really need some help!!

The "how to pass higher computing" textbook is very useful. Contains almost everything you need to know, as well as exam hint and tips. Additionaly, "scholar" has some very good notes on every topic and provides online revision sessions which you can attend or playback.

Reply 14

camelCase1

Original post by Jtrayn

Just found out i got 55/60 what did you guys get

Well done! I got 57/60

Reply 15

Labrador99

Volunteer Team

Original post by whatreally

Hey folks Whats the difference between index and counter when used in algorithms?

Can anyone here help?

Reply 16

Jtrayn

Original post by Labrador99

Can anyone here help?

An index is a point in an array so the first index would be 0 and a counter is the thing used in a FOR loop to iterate through the array, so say the counter = 3 that means that if you look at array(counter), your looking at the 4th element(since array indexs start at 0) hope that made sense

Reply 17

Labrador99

Volunteer Team

Original post by Jtrayn

@whatreally Answer to your question above ^^^

Thanks @Jtrayn :smile:

Reply 18

Mma_14

When doing your program for the coursework what program did you write it on? My school uses Visual Basics 6 and i was wondering if anyone else did too?

Reply 19

winterscoming

Original post by emma_24

I have to learn python now because we got new computers and I have no clue how I'm going to manage without VB 6 😭😂

Look on the bright side! VB6 is over 20 years old, and Microsoft stopped supporting it a long time ago when they replaced it with VB.NET, so you get to do something new and modern which may be helpful when you're out looking for a job :smile:

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You don't need to use an old IDE that was made for the last millenium, you can use something shiny and new like PyCharm (free student licence or free community edition) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rSBPGGLkW0

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Computational thinking is the same in any language - if/else, switch and loops do the same thing just with different syntax - you don't need to re-learn problem solving

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Fewer keywords - No more "Dim" or "Sub" or "Begin"/"End".

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No more data types - a variable is just a variable and Python takes care of the rest - no need to care whether it's an Integer, String or Boolean

Have a look here - Python for VB Programmers - https://github.com/raspberrypilearning/python-for-vb-programmers/blob/master/worksheet.md

If you want some quick breeze-through lessons on Python syntax, try this too: https://www.codecademy.com/learn/learn-python

And try this e-book for learning how to do a lot of cool things with Python: https://automatetheboringstuff.com/

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