OCR GCSE Computer Science Unit 1.5 – Network topologies, protocols and layers (Key vocabulary)

The key vocabulary list contains most if not all of the key vocabulary students are required to know for their OCR GCSE Computer Science Unit 1.5 (Network topologies, protocols and layers) along with definitions/purpose.

Key vocabulary lists are versatile resources that can be used by teachers in a variety of ways:

The key vocabulary list can be used as a knowledge organiser that can be distributed to students, students can then be required to have the key vocabulary list in front of them during the lesson allowing the teacher to use your preferred questioning techniques to check the students understanding of the key vocabulary at any time during the lesson.

With the key vocabulary list if a student cannot answer a question on the key vocabulary, the list can be used to prevent the students from opting out of verbally answering the question by having them read the definition/purpose from the list. This approach ensures that all students always verbally provide an answer, teaching the students that they will always have to answer the question (even if that is reading the definition/purpose aloud) encouraging them to take an active part in the lesson since there is no benefit (they still have to answer the question) to trying to opt out of answering the teacher’s question.

To give students ownership of the key vocabulary list rather than it simply being a resource belonging to and provided by the teacher, the key vocabulary list can be distributed to the students without the definitions/purposes of the key vocabulary filled in. Then as the teacher progresses through the unit the students can be instructed to fill in the key vocabulary list by copying the correct definition/purpose onto the key vocabulary list themselves.

The key vocabulary list could also be placed on the school’s website under the curriculum section as an available revision resource for students.