To build an understanding of how these algorithms perform under different conditions and why it is therefore that several algorithms have been developed. A discussion of sorting algorithms. Airline Booking is a simulation that allows students to experience the process of making reservations and answering customer queries. Use of the program builds up to a booking exercise, where students have to meet the needs of a list of clients, as closely as possible. They are scored depending on how well they meet their clients' requirements.
Teachers can amend the exercise or set up their own.
To illustrate how computer interfaces can be designed, both in terms of selecting what information is made available and how it it presented, to facilitate a particular task. To help develop problem solving skills and strategies. It explains how the check digits are calculated, takes students through the calculations and delivers a straightforward computer marked test at the end. Bar codes can be scanned using a bar code reader with a keyboard wedge and can also be entered via the keyboard. Students can set up their own retail database and scan the products entered, to produce their own receipts.