Using Chess as a Mathematics Teaching Tool

dc.contributor.authorBerhane, Saba-Na'Imah
dc.contributor.authorMorton, Crystal
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-18T18:59:16Z
dc.date.available2016-02-18T18:59:16Z
dc.date.issued2015-04-17
dc.descriptionposter abstracten_US
dc.description.abstractThis study explored how instructional approaches utilizing the oft-overlooked nonsynonymous nature of 'arithmetic' and 'mathematics' may alter student's mathematics performance. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of one such approach using the game of chess. Chess is a board game in which a winning strategy relies on logic and spatial reasoning, two aspects that are also an integral part of mathematics. Because of this, chess was an ideal vehicle for this study. We had 45 students in grades 3-6 participate in this study. Participants received 8 weekly sessions of chess instruction and peer chess play. The chess curriculum did not include any explicit mathematics instruction. Data was collected using pre and post tests on the first and last sessions. Tests measured student's ability to solve grade level appropriate word problems, logic problems, and arithmetic. Students showed increased accuracy solving word problems and logic problems. Student performance of arithmetic did not show significant change.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSaba-Na'Imah Berhane and Crystal Morton. (2015, April 17). Using Chess as a Mathematics Teaching Tool. Poster session presented at IUPUI Research Day 2015, Indianapolis, Indiana.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1805/8366
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherOffice of the Vice Chancellor for Researchen_US
dc.subjectChessen_US
dc.subjectMathematics Teaching Toolen_US
dc.subjectinstructional approachesen_US
dc.subjectStudentsen_US
dc.titleUsing Chess as a Mathematics Teaching Toolen_US
dc.typePosteren_US
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Loading...
Thumbnail Image
Name:
Berhane-Using.pdf
Size:
27.46 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.88 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description: