Design Method for

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STANDARD GRADE
Design Method for General Purpose tasks,
Programming tasks and Projects
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Standard Forms
There are standard forms for each of the
Practical Reports Example SCOTTISH EXAMINATION
BOARD STANDARD GRADE COMPUTING STUDIES PROJECT
REPORT FORM Project Title Name ltnamegt Schoo
l Forrester High School
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Headings
You need subheadings as well SCOTTISH
EXAMINATION BOARD STANDARD GRADE COMPUTING
STUDIES PROJECT REPORT FORM Project Title
Name ltnamegt School Forrester High
School Example Problem Specification Design
These should be bold or underlined but in the
same font and size as required by your teacher
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Headings should be ...
The headings may vary but in general should be
Problem Specification Design Hardware
and Software Description Evaluation
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What the Headings mean
SCOTTISH EXAMINATION BOARD STANDARD GRADE
COMPUTING STUDIES PROJECT REPORT FORM Project
Title Name ltnamegt School Forrester High
School Problem Specification This section
should explain clearly the background to the task
what your are being asked to do. Design This
section should be broken into clear steps that
will be required for you to solve all the
problems involved in the task. If the task is
broken into different parts then each part will
require its own steps. part 1 1. Do this 2. Do
this 3. .. part 2 1. Do this 2.
. Hardware and Software
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What the Headings mean
SCOTTISH EXAMINATION BOARD STANDARD GRADE
COMPUTING STUDIES PROJECT REPORT FORM Project
Title Name ltnamegt School Forrester High
School Problem Specification Design Hardware
and Software In this section you should state
clearly the devices used by you on your Computer
system. (e.g. Processor, keyboard, mouse,
monitor, hard drive, Cd drive, printer, file
server, floppy drive) You also should state the
Software applications and any external files
used. Description Throughout this section you
should explain what you did as you carried out
your Design. You may want to expand on these
steps to make it clear to the reader how they
would achieve the same results as
yourself! Evaluation
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What the Headings mean
SCOTTISH EXAMINATION BOARD STANDARD GRADE
COMPUTING STUDIES PROJECT REPORT FORM Project
Title Name ltnamegt School Forrester High
School Problem Specification Design Hardware
and Software Description Evaluation This final
section should explain if you learnt new
words and phrases and their meanings completed
the task by yourself have completed all the
task did you understand all parts of the task
used special features had time what
improvements would you make You should try to
complete this section as honestly as possible.
You are not expected to be perfect and you will
make mistakes and have problems.
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Improvements
Make sure you have read the Specification
carefully Make sure all printouts are labelled
and dated (some should have Headers or Footers)
Make sure you have spell checked all your work.
Keep all your task materials together and in
order Dont dawdle ! Hand in completed work
on time and you may find the teacher has time to
make recommendations for improvements. Now test
your knowledge of what and why you should write
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