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| Volume 2, Issue 8 | October 2002 |  |
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Greetings to All Chess Folks, Welcome to the eleventh issue (Volume 2, Number 8) of the Scholastic Chess Update.
The Effects of a
Chess Program on Abstract Reasoning and Problem-Solving
by James Celone For my master's thesis I did a study at the Foote School in New Haven, Connecticut. Does chess make students smarter? More specifically, does a comprehensive chess education program improve a student�s abstract reasoning and problem-solving skills? This study, conducted by James Celone at the Foote School in New Haven, Connecticut, sought to answer these questions by examining the performance of 19 elementary school students, ranging in age from 7 to 14, who were self-selected for a week-long program consisting of 20 hours of chess instruction. Students were tested before and after the program, using equivalent forms of the TONI-3 Test of Non-Verbal Intelligence, a valid and reliable instrument highly associated with abstract reasoning and problem solving, and using the Knight�s Tour, a domain-specific instrument measuring overall chess problem-solving ability. The study found a significant increase between pre-test and post-test scores in both intelligence and domain-specific problem-solving ability. This extends and confirms earlier work done in 1975 by Christiaen in Belgium.
What's Happening on the Scholastic Council? By Bob Ferguson To assist Chairperson Ralph Bowman during the sale of his home and pending move, the Council elected Dewain Barber to serve as co-chair. Dewain's coaching experience, leadership, and business experience will be valuable attributes in the continuing development of the Council's goals and programs. For the November issue of the Scholastic Chess Update, Dewain will share the highlights of the Council's new plan to improve communication with our nation's scholastic chess coaches. Our next Council meeting is scheduled for December 14th in Atlanta. If you are planning to attend the K-12 Championships, please take advantage of the coaches' meetings and say hello to us. ** Submit Articles For the Update ** We
need your help to provide articles to chess folks. Please consider
submitting an article. Share your ideas with others to help more kids reap
the benefits of chess.
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, visit www.chess.isgenius.com
or http://move.to/scholastic.chess. How
do you contact your scholastic representatives?
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NAME EMAIL PHONE Dewain
Barber
714.998.5508
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