03 May 06
Originally posted by RahimKThat's an unwarranted conclusion. I don't see any comparisons of chess to other strategy games. To quote from the link:
I guess there is no other game to rival chess in thinking, manners, patience, planning etc...
"Similarly, a 5-year study of 7th and 8th graders, by Robert Ferguson of the Bradford, PA School District showed that test scores improved 17.3% for students regularly engaged in chess classes, compared with only 4.56% for children participating in other forms of "enrichment activities" including Future Problem Solving, Dungeons and Dragons, Problem Solving with Computers, independent study, and creative writing."
Of those other "enrichment activities," the only other game is D&D. There's nothing here suggesting that playing chess improves academic performance more than playing go (or poker).
03 May 06
Originally posted by jgvaccaroThere's nothing here suggesting that playing chess improves academic performance more than playing go (or poker)
That's an unwarranted conclusion. I don't see any comparisons of chess to other strategy games. To quote from the link:
"Similarly, a 5-year study of 7th and 8th graders, by Robert Ferguson of the Bradford, PA School District showed that test scores improved 17.3% for students regularly engaged in chess classes, compared with only 4.56% for children p ...[text shortened]... ing that playing chess improves academic performance more than playing go (or poker ).
What?
It just said chess classes 17% others stuff 5%.
Doesn't that suggest chess improve performance?
03 May 06
I think it does promote mental development... it kind of forces you to think in different ways about certain situations... In chess, the loss of a piece can turn into a huge advantage and it is the ability to recognize these advantages that becomes an ability learned through chess.
Obviously there are other things people learn from chess, but the most important thing that chess does is that it forces you into a different pattern of thinking, different from what you would normally be thinking, and this development of thought processes is what i think could allow for a greater academic success.
I don't think there are any studies that focus on the effects that learning chess has on the neural nets of the brain.
03 May 06
Originally posted by RahimKthere's nothing there that rules out the possibility that only the "good students" stay with the chess program for instance. I would like to see an actual study, where you could check how they got their results.
There's nothing here suggesting that playing chess improves academic performance more than playing go (or poker)
What?
It just said chess classes 17% others stuff 5%.
Doesn't that suggest chess improve performance?
03 May 06
Originally posted by wormwoodHow true.
there's nothing there that rules out the possibility that only the "good students" stay with the chess program for instance. I would like to see an actual study, where you could check how they got their results.
Just out of the blue but perhaps the people who do drop chess, drop out of school later on?
Just a thought 🙂