Chess Problems | EngageCSEdu

Course Level

CS1

Knowledge Unit

Fundamental Programming Concepts

Collection Item Type

Assignment

Synopsis

In this activity, students exercise their understanding of file reading and graphics to display a chess problem as specified by data provided in a file. Students begin by reading a file containing positions of chess pieces, and then display pieces on a graphical board to represent the position encoded in the file.

Recommendations

For more information on how this homework fits within the scope of the course, please see the following course schedule and syllabus here: (http://mathcs.pugetsound.edu/~aasmith/cs161/). Search "Chess Problems".

Engagement Highlights

By putting file reading and graphics in the context of an extremely well-known board game (chess), the activity has Meaningful and Relevant Context.

Engagement Practices Employed

Use Meaningful and Relevant Content