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Children and chess : a guide for educators / Alexey W. Root ; foreword by John D. McNeil.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Westport, Conn. : Teacher Ideas Press, 2006.Description: x, 122 pages : illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1591583586
  • 9781591583585
Subject(s):
Contents:
Ch. 1. Curriculum orientations and organizing elements -- Ch. 2. Flow -- Ch. 3. Competition -- Ch. 4. Sacrifice -- Ch. 5. Problem solving -- Ch. 6. Multiple intelligences (MI) -- Ch. 7. Planning -- Ch. 8. Lesson plans.
Review: "Children and Chess: A Guide for Educators is the first book to show the connection between accepted educational theories and chess. The relationship of chess to academic and humanistic educational goals is convincingly illustrated as curriculum and psychological theories from John D. McNeil, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, and Howard Gardner are outlined and applied to the question "why chess?" Children and Chess features lessons plans teachers can use immediately, and from which they can learn the basics of the game. Since the plans meet academic goals through chess, teachers also learn that chess can be a part of reading, math, science, and social studies. An appendix showing how chess meets the requirements of curriculum standards is another plus."--Jacket.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Parent/Teacher Resource Collection-Children's 794.12 R782 Available 33111008932275
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Parent/Teacher Resource Collection-Children's 794.12 R782 Available 33111009289451
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This book helps educators and librarians prepare students to succeed in University Interscholastic League (UIL) Chess Puzzle.

Children and Chess: A Guide for Educators is the first book to show the connection between accepted educational theories and chess. It features lesson plans teachers can use immediately, and from which they can learn the basics of the game. Since the plans meet academic goals through chess, teachers also learn that chess can be a part of reading, math, science, and social studies. An appendix showing how chess meets the requirements of curriculum standards is another plus.

Children and Chess: A Guide for Educators is the first book to show the connection between accepted educational theories and chess. The relationship of chess to academic and humanistic educational goals is convincingly illustrated as curriculum and psychological theories from John D. McNeil, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, and Howard Gardner are outlined and applied to the question why chess? Children and Chess features lesson plans teachers can use immediately, and from which they can learn the basics of the game. Since the plans meet academic goals through chess, teachers also learn that chess can be a part of reading, math, science, and social studies. An appendix showing how chess meets the requirements of curriculum standards is another plus. Grades 4-8.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-118) and index.

Ch. 1. Curriculum orientations and organizing elements -- Ch. 2. Flow -- Ch. 3. Competition -- Ch. 4. Sacrifice -- Ch. 5. Problem solving -- Ch. 6. Multiple intelligences (MI) -- Ch. 7. Planning -- Ch. 8. Lesson plans.

"Children and Chess: A Guide for Educators is the first book to show the connection between accepted educational theories and chess. The relationship of chess to academic and humanistic educational goals is convincingly illustrated as curriculum and psychological theories from John D. McNeil, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, and Howard Gardner are outlined and applied to the question "why chess?" Children and Chess features lessons plans teachers can use immediately, and from which they can learn the basics of the game. Since the plans meet academic goals through chess, teachers also learn that chess can be a part of reading, math, science, and social studies. An appendix showing how chess meets the requirements of curriculum standards is another plus."--Jacket.

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