Cambridge International AS and A Level Computer Science Coursebook with Digital Access

by Sylvia Langfield, Dave Duddell

This coursebook with Cambridge Elevate edition has been developed by an experienced author and examiner team and written for the international learner. It provides you with a structured and progressive guide to the theoretical and practical skills required by the syllabus. With an emphasis on developing computational skills, this resource helps to build your confidence in using a range of technology and programming languages. Detailed descriptions of concepts are reinforced with exercises, discussion points, and reflection tasks with exam-style and past paper questions. Answers are found within the teacher's resource.

534 pages, Paperback

Published June 7, 2019

Reviews

[CSGuy · Rating 1 out of 5]

Absolutely frustrating book to read. WAY TOO MUCH FILLER. Honestly I don't know how you can lengthen such simple concepts to such a large degree. When reading this book you're not just learning computer science, oh no this book will teach you all the history in the world and in the end start with a "Nowadays" and give you the few points which are actually in the syllabus. All this does is deter people from picking up computer science or they actually drop it when they look at this needlessly giant book which is more like a paperweight. Also when you have to revise for the exam all that's going through you're mind is how will you finish the book before your exam thanks to it's pointless summary boxes which are only naming things from the chapter summarizing absolutely nothing only wasting your time. Computer Science is not as hard as it is being made to be in this book.

This is possibly the worst endorsed book to have ever existed, I'm serious, you are very much better off using free online resources, this book won't be of much use to you.

I really really hope for the next edition they work on it and strictly ONLY cover the syllabus itself, because you're really not helping anyone with this time waster.

[Urina Torr · Rating 1 out of 5]

What will be on the test: describe how ethernet works.

Biblically accurate ethernet paragraph in the book: Once upon a time long.. long ago.... Ethernet was founded by sir wellington budgehorrow who had the most peculiar relationship with his wife....

Despicable, horrid waste of trees and ink.

[manaham · Rating 1 out of 5]

genuine waste of paper and ink.
I highly doubt the syllabus requires me to know how an algorithm would've worked in the 1900's. Every chapter starts with a long history lesson and maybe two lines, if you're lucky, about what will be asked in the exam. The definition of ethernet does not require three paragraphs on how it would've worked or how it works now when the syllabus only requires a two-liner on what it is.
Hard to read and considered dnf-ing multiple times.