Features of Solving Problems of Game Strategies by Means of Information Technologies in the School Course of Computer Studies

Abstract

This article describes ways to solve problems of game strategies using information technology. The educational topic «Search for winning strategies» is considered only in the course of advanced study of computer studies in grade 11. Tasks for game strategies are traditionally included in the control and measuring materials of the unified state exam in computer studies. At present, only an analytical method for solving such problems is proposed in school textbooks by various authors. The introduction of the unified state exam in computer science in 2020 on computers posed the problem for school teachers and methodologists in the field of computer studies to find the best options for solving such problems using application software or programming tools, depending on the training level of students. As one of the options for solving this problem, the author offers two ways to solve problems of game strategies using the example of a problem with stones, the first option is intended for students who do not have programming experience and includes solving the problem using a spreadsheet processor, the second option is solving the problem using the programming language Phyton. These methodological recommendations for solving problems of game strategies were used in the preparation of graduates for the unified state exam in computer studies on computers for students in schools in the city of Surgut, Khanty-Mansiisk Autonomous district-Yugra. The results obtained on the basis of the exam showed the effectiveness of the proposed solutions, which allow visualizing information and optimizing the processing of great numbers of data by means of information technology.