Essential Maths Skills for AS/A Level Computer Science
Published on 27. May 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
104 pages
978-1-4718-6357-8 (ISBN)
Description
If you struggle with binary multiplication, or Big O Notation, this is the book for you. This textbook companion will help improve your essential maths skills for computer science, whichever awarding body specification you're following. You can use it throughout your course, whenever you feel you need some extra help.
- Develop your understanding of both maths and computer science with all worked examples and questions within a computer science context
- Improve your confidence with a step-by-step approach to every maths skill
- Measure your progress with guided and non-guided questions to see how you're improving
- Understand where you're going wrong with full worked solutions to every question
- Feel confident in expert guidance from experienced teachers and examiners Victoria Ellis and Gavin Craddock, reviewed by Dr Kathleen Maitland, Senior Lecturer in Computing and Director of the SAS Student Academy at Birmingham City University
- Develop your understanding of both maths and computer science with all worked examples and questions within a computer science context
- Improve your confidence with a step-by-step approach to every maths skill
- Measure your progress with guided and non-guided questions to see how you're improving
- Understand where you're going wrong with full worked solutions to every question
- Feel confident in expert guidance from experienced teachers and examiners Victoria Ellis and Gavin Craddock, reviewed by Dr Kathleen Maitland, Senior Lecturer in Computing and Director of the SAS Student Academy at Birmingham City University
Reviews / Votes
A great book to help deliver the maths elements of the new Computing Science specifications - it works well alongside the other resources from Hodder. -- Mrs Elizabeth McCue Unlike many textbooks which just gives the answers to exercises at the back of the book, the guided questions takes students through the logic (thought process) of finding the answer or solution to a problem: it is like having the tutor standing beside you explaining each concept. -- Dr Kathleen Maitland, Senior Lecturer in Computing * Ceri Jenkins *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Hachette Learning
Target group
College/higher education
Interest Age: From 16 to 19 years
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 297 mm
Width: 213 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
297 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4718-6357-8 (9781471863578)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Victoria Ellis, Gavin Craddock