Chess, Visual Memory and Geometric Transformations

Autor/inn/en	Sosa, Jorge Jhonattan Castellanos; Aguilar, Francy Karina Maldonado
Titel	Chess, Visual Memory and Geometric Transformations
Quelle	In: Journal of Research and Advances in Mathematics Education, 6 (2021) 4, S.299-315 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2503-3697
Schlagwörter	Games; Memory; Visual Perception; Geometric Concepts; Foreign Countries; Game Based Learning; Grade 8; Middle School Students; Colombia (Bogota) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Game; Spiel; Spiele; Gedächtnis; Visuelle Wahrnehmung; Elementare Geometrie; Ausland; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin
Abstract	This work shows how playing chess creates capacities in the student such as increasing visual memory. This helps to classify information in an orderly manner in the mind and contributes to a better understanding of geometric transformations such as displacements, turns and similarities. This was done with a mixed technique (Quantitative and Qualitative), starting with a structured questionnaire that was applied to 487 students. A case study was carried out with two students (one with and the other without notable chess skills) in two schools in Bogotá-Colombia, with the aim of understanding chess as a tool that can help the teacher to teach mathematics. In the quantitative part, data were collected by a structured questionnaire, and in the qualitative part, recordings and transcripts were made of what the two students reported in the case study. So, favorable results were achieved for students who usually play chess, because they show a great capacity for visual memory (in the long and short term) that contributes to a more optimal learning of displacements and similarities in the Cartesian plane. This research shows a powerful tool (chess) that can be used in the teaching of mathematics, thanks to the skills and concepts that are generated in the experience with the game. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta Department of Education. Ahmad Yani Street, Pabelan Kartasura, Surakarta, Central Java, 57162 Indonesia. Tel: +62-271-717417 ext. 2554; e-mail: jramathedu@ums.ac.id; Web site: http://journals.ums.ac.id/index.php/jramathedu
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01