Table Summarizing Chess Studies

 

CATEGORY

NAME OF RESEARCHER

RESEARCH DATES

WHERE WAS THE RESEARCH DONE?

AGE GROUP STUDIED

TITLE OF PROJECT

SOURCE

 

Math & Science

Yee Wang Fung

 

1977-1979

Hong Kong

High School

Not given

Teach, May/June ‘95

Math

Louise Gaudreau

1989-1992

New Brunswick, Canada

Elementary

Étude Comparative sur les Apprentissages en Mathématiques 5e Année

Unpublished Paper

Math & Reading

James Liptrap

1994-1997

Texas, USA

Elementary

Chess and Standardized Test Scores

Chess Life, March 1998. pp. 41-43

Math, Reading, Spatial Aptitude, Perceptive Speed, Thinking, Creativity, Intelligence

Albert Frank

1973-1974

Zaire

ages 16-18

Chess and Aptitudes or Aptitudes et apprentissage du jeu d'echec au Zaiere

Unpublished Dissertation & Psychopathologie Africaine. Vol 15(1), (1979). (pp. 81-98)

Reading

Stuart Margulies

1990-1992

New York City Schools, USA

Elementary

The Effect of Chess on Reading Scores: District Nine Chess Program Second Year Report

Unpublished Paper

Reading

Stuart Margulies

1995-1996

New York & Los Angeles, USA

Elementary

The Effect of Chess on Reading Scores

Unpublished Paper

Self-esteem

Bill Levy

1986-1987

New Jersey, USA

Grades 6-8

Special education

Utilizing Chess to Promote Self-Esteem in Perceptually Impaired Students

Unpublished Paper

Self-esteem & Academic Achievement

Harry Turner

1970-1971

Georgia, USA

Grade 9

An Experiment to Alter “Achievement Motivation” in Low-Achieving Male Adolescents by Teaching the Game of Chess

Unpublished Dissertation

Self-esteem & Spatial-Aptitude

Steven Fried & Norman Ginsburg

 

P.S. 116 in School District 32 in Brooklyn, NY, USA

Grades 4-5

The Effect of Learning to Play Chess on Cognitive, Perceptual, & Emotional Development in Children

Unpublished Paper

Self-esteem, Concentration, Behavior

Carol Ruderman

1986-1987

New Jersey, USA

Grades 4-7

Special education

 

Unpublished Paper

Thinking

Johan Christiaen

1974-1976

Belgium

Elementary

Chess and Cognitive Development or Schaken en cognitieve ontwikkeling

Unpublished Dissertation & Nederlands Tijdschrift voor de Psychologie en haar Grensgebieden. Vol 36(8), Nov (1981). (pp. 561-582)

Thinking & Intelligence

Luis Machado, Minister for the Development of Human Intelligence

1979-1983

Venezuela

Ages 7-9

Learn to Think Project & Chess Program

FIDE Commission for Chess in Schools Report, Annex 13, pp. 1-2.  & International Journal of Mental Health. 18(3), Fal (1989). (pp. 5-18).

Thinking

Robert Ferguson

1986

Pennsylvania, USA

Grades 6-12

Tri-State Area School Pilot Study

Unpublished Paper

Thinking

Philip J. Rifner

1991-1992

Indiana, USA

High School

Playing Chess:  A Study of Problem-Solving Skills in Students with Average and Above Average Intelligence

Unpublished Dissertation & Gifted Child Today Magazine, v20 n1 p36-39,48 Jan-Feb 1997

Thinking & Creativity

Robert Ferguson

1979-1983

Pennsylvania, USA

Grades 7-9

Gifted

Teaching the Fourth 'R' (Reasoning) through Chess

Unpublished Paper & School Mates 1(1) Fall 1983. p. 3.

Thinking, Memory, Reading

Robert Ferguson

1987-1988

Pennsylvania, USA

Grade 6

Developing Memory and Verbal Reasoning through Chess

New Horizons Online Journal, Vol. VII No. 2 April, May, June 2001

 

 

 

 

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