MEETING WITH TOP M.O.E. OFFICIALS
M.O.E Minister Silton Soalabai, middle standing,
accommodated a meeting with Palau Chess Federation officers Eric Ksau Surangel
Whipps, 2nd from right, Tito Cabunagan, right, and Roberto
Hernandez, 2nd from left, with other top ranking officials of M. O.
E. The first meeting of PCF and M.O.E officials was held in April this year. (Photo by Roberto Hernandez)
BENEFITS OF CHESS FOR YOUTH
(Published at TBN Feb. 02-08, 2009)
THE FOLLOWING IS HIS INFORMATIVE EMAIL:
National Chess Federation of the Philippines President Prospero 'Butch' Pichay, Jr. hailed the move of Education Secretary Jesli Lapus to finally integrate chess in the grade school and high school curriculum starting this coming school year.
This will be a golden opportunity to develop new talents like 15-year-old prodigy Grandmaster Wesley So and catapult Philippines in world chess supremacy.
Please see below facts helpful on why I kept on campaigning that chess is a learning tool for Science, Math, Arts and subjects that deal with logical reasoning.
Facts:
In a Texas study, regular (non-honors) elementary students who participated in a school chess club showed twice the improvement on non-chess players in Reading and Mathematics between 3rd and 5th grades on the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills.
A New Brunswick, Canada study, using 437 fifth graders split into 3 groups, experimenting with the addition of chess to the math curriculum, found increased gain in math problem-solving and comprehension proportionate to the amount of chess in the curriculum.
The Venezuela "Learning To Think Project", which trained 100,000 teachers to teach thinking skills, and which involved a sample of 4,266 2nd grade students, reached a general conclusion that chess, methodically taught, is an incentive system sufficient to accelerate the increase IQ in elementary age children of both sexes at all socio-economic levels.
Chess is found as required curricula in nearly 30 countries.
The mathematics curriculum in New Brunswick, Canada is a text series called "Challenging Mathematics" which uses chess to teach logic from grades 2 to 7.
Using this curriculum, the average problem-solving score of pupils in the province increased from 62% to 81%.
The province of Quebec, where the program was first introduced, has the best math marks in Canada and Canada scores better than the USA on international mathematics exam.
Former U. S. Secretary of Education Terrell Bell encourages knowledge of chess as a way to develop a preschooler's intellect and academic readiness.
The state of New Jersey passed a bill legitimizing chess as a unit of instruction within the elementary school curriculum.
A quote from the bill states "In countries where chess is offered widely in schools, students have exhibit excellence in the ability to recognize complex patterns and consequently excel in math and science..."
I am happy that Chess has been finally recognized in the Philippines as a tool to equip the youth, making the right decisions in life by enhancing their logical thinking.
This pave the way also for employment of chess players who can never let go of wood pushing because of the love of the sport.
At the end of the day, as parents, we ask ourselves what will be the benefits of the sport our children are into.
Career wise, chess is one of the basic foundations of my creative thinking in my magic presentations.
Anticipate the reactions of your audience, just like playing chess, anticipate and analyze the moves of your opponent.
Hope you can accommodate. James
Mr. James Infiesto is now an International Arbiter and performed magic during the 2013 World Youth Chess Championship in Abu Dhabi, UAE. He met there the 2 reps of Palau --Eric and Ksau Anthony Whipps.
Solution to last week’s puzzle No. 3759: 1. Qxd7+!! Rxd7 2. Nc7+ Rxc7 3. Rd8 mate.
This week’s puzzle No. 3760: White to move and mates in 3 (Solution next issue)
Source: Chessmate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Page 10
Volume 23
Issue 102
December 22, 2014
BENEFITS OF CHESS FOR YOUTH
(Published at TBN Feb. 02-08, 2009)
Palau Chess Federation’s top 3
officers –President Eric Ksau Surangel Whipps, Vice President Tito Cabunagan
and Secretary Roberto Hernandez, had a meeting with the top 5 officers of Palau
Ministry of Education on Dec. 16, 2014 regarding the inclusion of chess as part
of PE curriculum.
The short but very fruitful
meeting might be the start of another breakthrough to make chess popular also
in Palau like in the other 181-member countries of World Chess Federation
(FIDE).
In this regard, Roberto is
reprinting the February 02-08, 2009 issue of Tia Belau as follows:
BENEFITS OF CHESS FOR YOUTH
JAMES
Infiesto is a National Arbiter in the Philippines and one of the invited
players in the 2nd Ambassador Marino Cup (Palau Invitational Chess
Championship). He didn't make it but still continues his sharing of knowledge to
Roberto Hernandez through emails.THE FOLLOWING IS HIS INFORMATIVE EMAIL:
National Chess Federation of the Philippines President Prospero 'Butch' Pichay, Jr. hailed the move of Education Secretary Jesli Lapus to finally integrate chess in the grade school and high school curriculum starting this coming school year.
This will be a golden opportunity to develop new talents like 15-year-old prodigy Grandmaster Wesley So and catapult Philippines in world chess supremacy.
Please see below facts helpful on why I kept on campaigning that chess is a learning tool for Science, Math, Arts and subjects that deal with logical reasoning.
Facts:
In a Texas study, regular (non-honors) elementary students who participated in a school chess club showed twice the improvement on non-chess players in Reading and Mathematics between 3rd and 5th grades on the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills.
A New Brunswick, Canada study, using 437 fifth graders split into 3 groups, experimenting with the addition of chess to the math curriculum, found increased gain in math problem-solving and comprehension proportionate to the amount of chess in the curriculum.
The Venezuela "Learning To Think Project", which trained 100,000 teachers to teach thinking skills, and which involved a sample of 4,266 2nd grade students, reached a general conclusion that chess, methodically taught, is an incentive system sufficient to accelerate the increase IQ in elementary age children of both sexes at all socio-economic levels.
Chess is found as required curricula in nearly 30 countries.
The mathematics curriculum in New Brunswick, Canada is a text series called "Challenging Mathematics" which uses chess to teach logic from grades 2 to 7.
Using this curriculum, the average problem-solving score of pupils in the province increased from 62% to 81%.
The province of Quebec, where the program was first introduced, has the best math marks in Canada and Canada scores better than the USA on international mathematics exam.
Former U. S. Secretary of Education Terrell Bell encourages knowledge of chess as a way to develop a preschooler's intellect and academic readiness.
The state of New Jersey passed a bill legitimizing chess as a unit of instruction within the elementary school curriculum.
A quote from the bill states "In countries where chess is offered widely in schools, students have exhibit excellence in the ability to recognize complex patterns and consequently excel in math and science..."
I am happy that Chess has been finally recognized in the Philippines as a tool to equip the youth, making the right decisions in life by enhancing their logical thinking.
This pave the way also for employment of chess players who can never let go of wood pushing because of the love of the sport.
At the end of the day, as parents, we ask ourselves what will be the benefits of the sport our children are into.
Career wise, chess is one of the basic foundations of my creative thinking in my magic presentations.
Anticipate the reactions of your audience, just like playing chess, anticipate and analyze the moves of your opponent.
Hope you can accommodate. James
Mr. James Infiesto is now an International Arbiter and performed magic during the 2013 World Youth Chess Championship in Abu Dhabi, UAE. He met there the 2 reps of Palau --Eric and Ksau Anthony Whipps.
Solution to last week’s puzzle No. 3759: 1. Qxd7+!! Rxd7 2. Nc7+ Rxc7 3. Rd8 mate.
This week’s puzzle No. 3760: White to move and mates in 3 (Solution next issue)
Source: Chessmate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Page 10
Volume 23
Issue 102
December 22, 2014
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