Alexey W. Root

Science, Math, Checkmate

32 Chess Activities for Inquiry and Problem Solving

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book helps educators and librarians prepare students to succeed in University Interscholastic League (UIL) Chess Puzzle. 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 2 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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Libraries Unlimited
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 280mm x 216mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 382g
• ISBN-13: 9781591585718
• ISBN-10: 1591585716
• Artikelnr.: 23150527

Autorenporträt

Alexey W. Root, Ph.D., is a lecturer at the University of Texas at Dallas and a former United States Women's Chess Champion. This is her eighth book.

Inhaltsangabe

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