J277 Paper 2 Specification

Active Topic Review

Computational Thinking

Understand
The FOllowing Concepts

Computational Thinking

Principles of computational thinking
Abstraction
Decomposition
Algorithmic thinking
Structure diagrams
Abstraction practice
Input-process-output practice
Decomposition practice
Algorithm practice
Pattern recognition practice

Writing pseudocode and Python code
Pseudocode
Practice activities
Exam Reference language
Python practice tasks

Using flowcharts
Flowcharts
Practice activities

Assessment Blueprint

OCR J277 Paper 2 Examination Breakdown

80 Marks

Total paper raw marks

50%

Weighting of overall GCSE

1h 30m

Written exam duration

Theory

Mandatory topic modules

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