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Developing Chess Talent by Karel van
Delft and IM Merijn van Delft - a
new book, to be published in April 2010, contains a chapter on chess and
autism. List of contents can be found
here.
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http://edutechchess.com/whychess.html -
an article by Jim Celone that contributes much
to the debate on the educational benefits of children learning chess.
[Jim Celone is a graduate of Yale University and holds a
M.S. in Statistics. He currently teaches AP Calculus and AP Statistics at
West Haven High School. He is a USCF Certified Chess Coach and Tournament
Director, and coaches the chess team at West Haven High School, winning the
Connecticut State Championship in 1997, 1999, 2000 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,
and the 2004 U1500 National High School Chess Championship. He was honored
as 2002 CT Chess Coach of the Year. He runs 13 local elementary school chess
programs in the Greater New Haven area.] He can be reached by email at
jcel@aol.com.
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The Case for Chess as
a Tool to Develop Our Children’s Minds
by Dr Peter Dauvergne
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Scientific American- The Expert Mind [PSYCHOLOGY AND BRAIN SCIENCE]
Studies of the mental processes of
chess grandmasters have revealed clues to how people become experts in other
fields as well.
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by Dr. Robert C. Ferguson
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Benefits of Chess for Children
by
Dean J. Ippolito
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The
Brainy Benefits of Chess: How this classic game of strategy makes kids
smarter, by Beth Weinhouse
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Benefits of Chess for
Youth
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Benefits of Chess
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The
Benefits of Chess in Education -
A collection of studies and papers on
chess and education, by Patrick S McDonald, the Youth Co-ordinator for the
Ontario Chess Association and for the Chess Federation of Canada. This is a
large pdf file, but it's worth examining because it has some impressive articles.
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Chess in Education Research Summary
- by Dr Robert C Ferguson. This summary
has drawn freely from several sources including Dr Tim Redman’s Chess as
Education: Character Assassination or Life of the Mind and Robert Ferguson’s
doctoral dissertation. The following studies will be reviewed briefly in this
paper:
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Chess and Aptitudes by Albert Frank
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Chess and Cognitive Development by Johan
Christiaen
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Developing Critical and Creative Thinking
through Chess by Robert Ferguson
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Tri-State Area School Pilot Study by Robert
Ferguson
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The Development of Reasoning and Memory through
Chess by R. Ferguson
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The Effect of Chess on Reading Scores by Stuart
Margulies
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Comparative Study of 5th Grade Math Curricula by
Louise Gaudreau
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Playing Chess: A Study of Problem-Solving Skills
by Philip Rifner A Review of Key Chess Research Studies
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Teaching the Fourth "R"
(Reasoning) Through Chess by Dr Robert Ferguson, Coordinator for
Gifted Students Bradford (Pennsylvania) Area School District
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The Effect of Chess on Reading Scores
- District Nine Chess Program
Second Year Report by Stuart Margulies PhD