Checkmate: Capturing Gifted Students' Logical Thinking Using Chess.

Rifner, Philip J.; Feldhusen, John F.

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ERIC Number: EJ545960

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1997

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Checkmate: Capturing Gifted Students' Logical Thinking Using Chess.

Rifner, Philip J.; Feldhusen, John F.

Gifted Child Today Magazine, v20 n1 p36-39,48 Jan-Feb 1997

Describes the use of chess instruction to develop abstract thinking skills and problem solving among gifted students. Offers suggestions for starting school chess programs, teaching and evaluating chess skills, and measuring the success of both student-players and the program in general. (PB)

Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Elementary Secondary Education, Games, Gifted, Problem Solving, Teaching Methods, Thinking Skills

Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Journal Articles

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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