AQA A’Level SLR06 Hand tracing algorithms
About this video
AQA Specification Reference
AS Level 3.4.1.2
A Level 4.4.1.2
A vital skill for any programmer is to work out what algorithms are doing without actually having to run them! In this video we look at how to use trace tables to help you do just this.
Key questions:
- What do we mean by hand-tracing an algorithm?
- Why is hand-tracing an algorithm a useful skill to learn?
00:00 Hand-tracing algorithms
00:07 Intro
00:12 Trace tables
00:54 Using trace tables
05:32 Key questions
05:47 Outro
Last updated: 15.04.25
