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Activity-based series, exam preparation skills, mapped to specification, developed with teachers, first teach September 2022. Endorsed by Cambridge OCR. This print and digital student book covers all the mandatory units for the Cambridge National in IT, with an easy-to-follow visual layout and accessible language to stimulate students' interest. Takes a scaffolded, activity-based approach to understanding the content, written at just the right level, helping to engage students in their learning and give them the confidence to progress. Provides lots of activities to help students develop the knowledge and skills to complete their assessments. Bite-sized learning topics build understanding of essential concepts and are supported by case studies with three levels of differentiated questions to support all students

This printed student book offers comprehensive coverage of the mandatory units for the Cambridge Advanced National in IT: Data Analytics (Certificate and Extended Certificate). Endorsed for Cambridge OCR's qualification and mapped to their specification, the book is designed to support students' learning of key concepts and information, while providing teachers with guidance on the depth of content they're required to teach. With features such as practice questions and contextual examples highlighting how concepts can be applied in the real-world, the book will engage students and help them build the skills and confidence needed to succeed in the qualification and beyond.

Each Student Book and ActiveBook have has clearly laid out pages with a range of supportive features to aid learning and teaching:

Getting to know your unit sections ensure learners understand the grading criteria and unit requirements. Getting ready for Assessment sections focus on preparation for external assessment with guidance for learners on what to expect. Hints and tips will help them prepare for assessment and sample answers are provided for a range of question types including, short and long answer questions, all with a supporting commentary.  Learners can also prepare for internal assessment using this feature. A case study of a learner completing the internal assessment for that unit covering 'How I got started', 'How I brought it all together' and 'What I got from the experience'.  Pause Point feature provide opportunities for learners to self-evaluate their learning at regular intervals. Each Pause Point point feature gives learners a Hint or Extend option to either revisit and reinforce the topic or to encourage independent research or study skills. Case Study and Theory into Practice features enable development of problem-solving skills and place the theory into real life situations learners could encounter. Assessment Activity/Practice provide scaffolded assessment practice activities that help prepare learners for assessment. Within each assessment practice activity, a Plan, Do and Review section supports learners’ formative assessment by making sure they fully understand what they are being asked to do, what their goals are and how to evaluate the task and consider how they could improve. Dedicated Think Future pages provide case studies from the industry, with a focus on aspects of skills development that can be put into practice in a real work environment and further study.

Exam Board: Pearson BTECAcademic Level: BTEC NationalSubject: Information TechnologyFirst teaching: September 2016First Exams: Summer 2017

 

This Revision Workbook delivers hassle-free hands-on practice for the externally assessed units.

For both of the externally assessed Units 1 & 2 Builds confidence with scaffolded practice questions. Unguided questions that allow students to test their own knowledge and skills in advance of assessment. Clear unit-by-unit correspondence between this Workbook and the Revision Guide and ActiveBook.

Please note: This title does not cover the externally assessed Units 11 or 14, which are required for the Diploma and Extended Diploma

 

Updates to this title

If you purchased this title before 3rd April 2017, you will have an older edition. In light of updates to the qualification, there may be changes required to this older edition, which will be outlined at www.pearsonfe.co.uk/BTECchanges.

An updated edition of this title will release in time for the new academic year in September 2017. This new edition will reflect updates to the qualification that have been made.

If you have the older edition and would like a copy of the new edition, please contact our customer services team, with proof of purchase, on 0845 313 6666 or email customersolutions@pearson.com

Exam Board: Pearson BTECAcademic Level: BTEC NationalSubject: Information TechnologyFirst teaching: September 2016First Exams: Summer 2017

Our BTEC Tech Award (2022) revision resources are there to support you when you're getting ready for your external assessment. This book will help you to:  Revise all the essential content and key skills  Organise your revision with the one-topic-per-page format  Speed up your revision with the helpful hints on how to tackle questions and tasks  Track your revision progress with at-a-glance check boxes  Check your understanding with annotated example responses  Practise with revision questions and answers.