61. OCR GCSE (J277) 2.1 Insertion sort


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OCR J277 Specification Reference - Section 2.1

The insertion sort is one of three sorting algorithms students need to know for GCSE exams. This video explains the insertion sort technique.

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00:00 Insertion sort
00:06 Intro
00:11 Insertion sort
00:41 Breakfast cereal example
03:19 The GCSE specification
03:51 Coded example of an insertion sort
04:52 Essential algorithms for A Level Computer Science text book
06:11 Outro

Last updated: 10.03.26