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Science, Math, Checkmate 32 Chess Activities for Inquiry and Problem Solving
Alexey W. Root
ISBN: 1-59158-571-6
ISBN-13: 978-1-59158-571-8
144 pages
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Publication: 1/30/2008
List Price: $25.00 (UK Sterling Price: £17.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Paperback
Trim Size: 8 1/2 x 11
Subjects: Reviews:
  • ". . . Dr. Root gives further encouragement, ideas, plans and support to the classroom teacher."
    —Chessville.com     2008
  • "Science, Math, Checkmate is a collection of 32 lesson plans designed to provide a practical link between chess instruction and national standards in elementary and middle school math and science instruction, with occasional forays into English and history. It is ground-breaking and valuable precisely because it accomplishes the critical important work described above: it sells chess by tying it to established educational standards."
    —Chess Life     April 2008
Description: Chess captivates children. Connect their interest to education with Science, Math, Checkmate, an activity book and teacher resource for grades 3-8. Students learn chess rules and strategies through activities coded to the 32 pawns and pieces on a chessboard. The 16 pawn activities require no chess knowledge, 14 of the piece activities build on students' growing familiarity with chess, and the two king activities challenge budding chess experts. Within the chess activities, students practice national standards of scientific inquiry and mathematical problem solving. Improved thinking in science, math, and chess are the winning results: Checkmate!

The introductory chapter discusses the scientific inquiry and mathematical problem solving standards, explains the coding system for the chess activities, and details what materials should be purchased. Chapters 2 (scientific inquiry), 3 (mathematical problem solving), and 4 (inter-disciplinary) each contain 10-12 activities at different grade and chess levels. The book ends with an appendix of the rules of chess. It includes approximately 100 chess diagrams. Grading rubrics and check lists are offered with each activity to assist teachers in assessing student learning.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword by Dr. Max and Hiroko Warshauer
    Chapter 1: The Curriculum Game
    Chapter 2: Scientific Inquiry
    Chapter 3: Mathematical Problem Solving
    Chapter 4: Interdisciplinary
    Chapter 5: Chess Basics
    Appendix A: Chess Test
    Appendix B: Answer Key for Activities
    Appendix C: Review of Kasparov and Polgar Curricula
    Glossary
    References
    Index
About the Author: Alexey W. Root has a Ph.D. in education from UCLA. Her work history includes public high school teaching (social studies and English). Her most notable chess accomplishment was winning the U.S. Women's championship in 1989. Since the fall of 1999, Root has been a senior lecturer at The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD). She has taught UTD education classes, tutored prospective teachers for certification exams, and supervised student teachers. Root's current assignment for UTD is to teach, via the UT TeleCampus, online education courses that explore the uses of chess in classrooms. Children and Chess: A Guide for Educators (2006) and Science, Math, Checkmate: 32 Chess Activities for Inquiry and Problem Solving (2008) were both published by Teacher Ideas Press.
LCC Class: 794
PDF Catalogs:
LU School Library Spring 2008.pdf
LU Public Library Spring 2008.pdf
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