Posts by Eruditus 2 publicly visible posts • joined 1 Jul 2014
The current A-Level computing (AQA) was designed with input from universities such as Warwick and is far more relevant than the course you will have sat in the distant past. Have a quick look at the specification then see if you still feel it's a waste of time.
I think you might be a little confused here... you took ICT (PowerPoint & Word) whereas the students in question are taught a course in computer science coving networks, databases, data representation, logic and programming.
The OCR have really messed up here, but they were also the first exam board to get computer science back on the curriculum. The controlled assessments in question involve:
a) Research into a computing topic (AppDeveloper, JavaScript, Encryption)
b) Solving a series of programming tasks in a language of their choice.
Since some companies have started selling solutions to these problems (something endemic in all established subjects that involve controlled assessment) they have decided the only solution is to void 40 hours of work for thousands of students in the UK.
The only valid solution is a timed programming exam sat at the computers in the manner of A-Level AQA computing.
The Register 
Biting the hand that feeds IT
Copyright. All rights reserved © 1998–2025
