Research Article
Chess Playing and Mathematics: An Exploratory Study in the South African Context
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-319-29060-7_11, author={Luneta Kakoma and Apostolos Giannakopoulos}, title={Chess Playing and Mathematics: An Exploratory Study in the South African Context}, proceedings={Serious Games, Interaction, and Simulation. 5th International Conference, SGAMES 2015, Novedrate, Italy, September 16-18, 2015, Revised Selected Papers}, proceedings_a={SGAMES}, year={2016}, month={3}, keywords={Mathematics Foundation phase Chess Transfer Critical thinking Problem solving}, doi={10.1007/978-3-319-29060-7_11} }- Luneta Kakoma
Apostolos Giannakopoulos
Year: 2016
Chess Playing and Mathematics: An Exploratory Study in the South African Context
SGAMES
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-29060-7_11
Abstract
In 2014 the University of Johannesburg undertook a study into the role that chess plays in the learning of Mathematics. According to authors’ knowledge, it is one of the biggest studies undertaken which involved 10 teachers and about 1800 learners. The study although it was predominantly exploratory, it is also to some extent confirmatory as it involved also some control schools as well as comparative as it also involved an Ugandan school. The uniqueness of the South African situation which lies between a First World and a Third World country offers some new insights into the role that chess plays in the teaching and learning of mathematics. Preliminary results show that there is a correlation between playing chess and the learning of Mathematics.