An Investigation on the Effectiveness of Chess Training on Creativity and Theory of Mind Development at Early Childhood

Autor/in	Sigirtmac, Ayperi Dikici
Titel	An Investigation on the Effectiveness of Chess Training on Creativity and Theory of Mind Development at Early Childhood
Quelle	In: Educational Research and Reviews, 11 (2016) 11, S.1056-1063 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1990-3839
Schlagwörter	Games; Creativity; Theory of Mind; Creative Development; Cognitive Development; Preschool Education; Preschool Children; Cognitive Tests; Creative Thinking; Creativity Tests; Scores; Differences; Correlation; Nonparametric Statistics; Statistical Analysis; Foreign Countries; Turkey; Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Game; Spiel; Spiele; Kreativität; Kognitive Entwicklung; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschule; Kognitiver Fähigkeitstest; Kreatives Denken; Creativity test; Kreativitätstest; Unterscheiden; Korrelation; Statistische Analyse; Ausland; Türkei
Abstract	In recent years, chess training is offered as a compulsory elective course in some pre-schools, whereas it is not offered in some other pre-schools. There are children who attend chess clubs outside of schools. Chess is considered to be a game of intelligence, and its effects on individuals have been the subject of many researches. This study was conducted to investigate whether chess training has any impacts on creativity and theory of mind skills of children. For this purpose, the study was conducted on a total of 87 children including 41 children who received chess training (67.9 months old) and 46 children who didn't receive any chess training (68.46 months old). As a result, the scores of children who had chess training were found to be higher than scores of other children both in creative thinking and theory of mind tests, and the difference between scores of these children were also found to be statistically significant. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01