OCR H446/01 – 2.2 Problem solving and programming

(a) Programming constructs: sequence, iteration, branching.
(b) Recursion, how it can be used and compares to an iterative approach.
(c) Global and local variables.
(d) Modularity, functions and procedures, parameter passing by value and by reference.
(e) Use of an IDE to develop/debug a program.
(f) Use of object oriented techniques.

(a) Features that make a problem solvable by computational methods.
(b) Problem recognition.
(c) Problem decomposition.
(d) Use of divide and conquer.
(e) Use of abstraction.
(f) Learners should apply their knowledge of:

backtracking
data mining
heuristics
performance modelling
pipelining
visualisation to solve problems.