Volume 1, Issue 2
SCHOLASTIC CHESS UPDATE 11.12.01
By
Bob Ferguson, Member of USCF Scholastic
Council
Please
note: An international chess and education conference is scheduled for next
month in Dallas, Texas. For
details, visit http://www.geocities.com/chess_camp/workshops.html.
In
this issue:
1)
Coaches’ Corner with forms and ideas
2) Articles promoting chess
Greetings
to All Chess Folks,
Welcome to the second issue of the scholastic update. One of the Scholastic Council’s goals is to improve communication among members of the scholastic community. This e-Newsletter is the second step towards reaching this goal. Our first step was the creation of a Scholastic Chess Website to communicate what the Scholastic Council is and what goals are being pursued. For details, please visit www.chess.isgenius.com.
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interested in scholastic chess, please click the reply button and type
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you know others who would like to receive this information, please forward the
URL for the website to them.
This month we
started working on the Coaches’ Corner pages.
Thanks to Bob Ciaffone, who became the first coach to submit information
for these important pages. We
eagerly look forward to all coach contributions.
To
provide basic teaching tips to coaches and teachers
To
offer ideas that can be immediately implemented in the classroom
To
supply helpful forms to focus instruction
To create a forum for experienced teachers to share their expertise and tips with colleagues around the world
To
share information about the art and science of coaching
To
support a positive coaching philosophy
To
apply the principles of chess psychology and chess pedagogy
To
make available coach management skills
The strength of this service is the contributions of talented chess coaches and teachers from throughout America and the world.
Scroll down and use the appropriate form to submit:
LESSON OR IDEA FOR COACHES’ CORNER WEB SITE
COACHING STRATEGY TO MOTIVATE OR ENCOURAGE STUDENTS
RESEARCH OR ANECDOTES ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF CHESS
URLS OF HELPFUL CHESS WEB SITES
BOOK REVIEW
If you have an IDEA, STRATEGY, FORM, or LESSON to contribute to the web site, PLEASE USE THE FOLLOWING FORMAT FOR YOUR SUBMISSION:
TITLE
OF LESSON OR IDEA:
NAME:
SCHOOL:
CITY:
E-MAIL:
KEY
WORDS:
GRADE
RANGE:
SHORT
1-2 SENTENCE INTRODUCTION:
MATERIALS
NEEDED:
STEP-BY-STEP METHODOLOGY (200-500 WORDS, simple enough that a teacher could print it out and follow it on his/her own):
PLEASE NOTE: We prefer that all items be forwarded by email as an attachment in Word, FrontPage, or PDF.
Send your submissions to [email protected]
If you have a BOOK REVIEW to contribute, PLEASE USE THE FOLLOWING FORMAT FOR YOUR SUBMISSION:
TITLE
OF BOOK:
NAME:
SCHOOL:
CITY:
E-MAIL:
AUTHOR:
PUBLISHER:
ISBN
# (10 digit # found on copyright page:
REVIEW (200 words or less):
Send your submissions to [email protected]
Articles
Promoting Chess
The
Brainy Benefits of Chess, By
Beth Weinhouse, Child Magazine,
October 2001, pp. 106-110.
Will
Playing Chess Make Your Child Smarter? By
Jeanne Sather
It
is available at http://encarta.msn.com/parents/features/chess.asp
Visit
to Venezuela, by Dee Dickinson,
“The Chess project is aimed not only at all seven year olds, but adults as
well are learning to play chess and to apply the thinking strategies to solving
problems in everyday life.” This article first appeared in New Horizons' Newsletter, Vol III .
No. 3, February, 1983. The article is available at http://www.newhorizons.org/
The American Chess School funds this eNewsletter. Please visit our sponsor’s website at www.amchess.org.