{"id":1321,"date":"2016-05-14T17:26:17","date_gmt":"2016-05-14T17:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/ColtnessHS-ComputingScience\/?p=1321"},"modified":"2016-05-14T17:26:17","modified_gmt":"2016-05-14T17:26:17","slug":"national-5-two-weeks-to-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/ColtnessHS-ComputingScience\/2016\/05\/14\/national-5-two-weeks-to-go\/","title":{"rendered":"National 5 &#8211; Two weeks to go"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You have now sat English and Maths, I hope they went well for you. You have other exams coming up including\u00a0Computing Science on the 27th of May. You should have settled into a study routine and be totally organised. 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300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 641px) 100vw, 641px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1322\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Breakdown of National 5 exam by topic.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The table above shows the range of marks available in the paper. You might want to pay close attention to the topics with 8+ marks<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/education\/guides\/zy38d2p\/revision\" target=\"_blank\">Explaining code &amp;\u00a0writing code<\/a> (16 marks just here) &#8211; selection (if), repetition (while, for), sequence, etc<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/education\/guides\/zghbgk7\/revision\" target=\"_blank\">data types and structures<\/a> &#8211; Real, Integer, Arrays, Strings, Boolean<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/education\/guides\/zthbgk7\/revision\" target=\"_blank\">Low level operations and computer architectur<\/a>e &#8211; Translators, Binary, Control Unit, Arithmetic and Logic Unit, Registers, etc<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/education\/guides\/zxwmxnb\/revision\" target=\"_blank\">Databases<\/a> &#8211; fields types, searching, sorting, etc<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/education\/guides\/z9tyvcw\/revision\" target=\"_blank\">Website design<\/a> &#8211; HTML, hyperlinks, images, etc<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That means that these 6 topics make up over 50%\u00a0of the exam. Make sure when you undertake your studies that you spend enough time on the high mark areas. However, don&#8217;t forget the other areas as well, the difference between a pass and a fail is just one mark and that mark can come from any topic.<\/p>\n<p>Good luck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You have now sat English and Maths, I hope they went well for you. You have other exams coming up including\u00a0Computing Science on the 27th of May. You should have settled into a study routine and be totally organised. 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