Resources by National Centre for Computing Education (NCCE)

GCSE Student Booster - Bit Shifting and Hexadecimal (Post-event materials)

In this online session on number representation, you will have learned about binary shift operations and the key role they play in CPU processing. You will have been introduced to base 16 (hexadecimal) and found out why it’s used, with methods for converting between it and other number bases.

By the end of...

GCSE Student Booster - Bit Shifting and Hexadecimal (Pre-event materials)

In this online session on number representation, you’ll learn about binary shift operations and the key role they play in CPU processing. You will also be introduced to base 16 (hexadecimal), you will find out why it’s used and practice methods for converting between it and other number bases.

By the end of...

GCSE Student Booster - Boolean Logic (Post-event materials)

In this online session you will have learned about Boolean Logic. The session was aimed at GCSE students. The event discussed the AND, OR, NOT and XOR logic gates. You will have also discussed the use of truth table and combinational logic gates. By...

GCSE Student Booster - Boolean Logic (Pre-event materials)

In this online session you will learn about Boolean Logic, the session is aimed at GCSE students. The event discusses the AND, OR, NOT and XOR logic gates. You will also discuss the use of truth table and combinational logic gates. By attending this event, you will:

• Discover the logic gates AND, NOT,...

GCSE Student Booster - Errors, Testing and Tracing (Post-event materials)

In this online session on Errors, Testing, and Tracking, you will have explored key GCSE programming concepts related to identifying, testing, and resolving errors in code.

By attending, you will have:

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GCSE Student Booster - Errors, Testing and Tracing (Pre-event materials)

In this online session on Errors, Testing, and Tracking, you’ll explore key GCSE programming concepts related to identifying, testing, and resolving errors in code.

By attending, you’ll:

• Learn how to identify and fix common programming errors, including syntax, logic, and runtime errors.
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GCSE Student Booster - Images and Sound (Post-event materials)

In this online session you will learn about how images and sound are represented by a computer, the session is aimed at GCSE students. The event discusses how the media is represented but also how to calculate file sizes. By attending this event, you...

GCSE Student Booster - Images and Sound (Post-event materials)

In this online session you will have learned about how images and sound are represented by a computer. The session wass aimed at GCSE students. The event discussed how the media is represented but also how to calculate file sizes. By attending this...

GCSE Student Booster - Images and Sound (Pre-event materials)

In this online session you will learn about how images and sound are represented by a computer, the session is aimed at GCSE students. The event discusses how the media is represented but also how to calculate file sizes. By attending this event, you will:

• describe how an image is represented as a...

GCSE Student Booster - Network Fundamentals (Post-event materials)

In this online session on the fundamentals of networking you will have explored the key knowledge required for part of the GCSE specification.

By attending, you will have

• Understood the purpose of...