How To Code In Python: Gcse, Igcse, National 4/5 and Higher

Ensure every student can become fluent in Python with this highly practical guide that will help them understand the theory and logic behind coding. Ensure every student can become fluent in Python with this highly practical guide that will help them understand the theory and logic behind coding.Written for 14-16-year olds by a leading Python specialist and teacher, and aligned to curriculum requirements, this essential Student Book provides numerous practice questions and coding problems that can be completed as homework or during class - plus answers can be found online at www.hoddereducation.co.uk/pythonextrasHow to Code in Python will: Provide hundreds of coding examples, puzzles and problem-solving tasks to strengthen computational thinking skills required for GCSE, iGCSE and National 4 / 5 success Help students become proficient in computational thinking and problem-solving using Python Provide easy-to-follow explanations of concepts and terminology Feature plenty of opportunities for self-assessment with solutions to coding problems available onlineThis unique book can be broken down into three key features: Code theory and explanations (worked examples) in a fun and accessible way Computational thinking puzzles for the reader to solve; this will greatly improve students'' ability to read code and predict its effect and output when run Programming problems where the reader has to write a program to solve given scenariosGreg Reid is a very experienced Computer Science teacher in Scotland, who has written How to Pass Higher Computer Science and Higher Computing Science Practice Papers for Hodder Gibson.