Chess for success : using an old game to build new strengths in children and teens / Maurice Ashley.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780767915687
- ISBN: 0767915682
- Physical Description: xiv, 268 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : Broadway Books, 2005.
Content descriptions
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Power of the Game 3 -- Common Myths About Chess 7 -- 1 Chess Impacts My Life 11 -- 2 A Brief History of Chess 35 -- 3 Thinking and Chess 55 -- Stats and Studies 57 -- Flow 65 -- Chess and the 40 Developmental Assets 73 -- Bloom's Taxonomy 90 -- 4 Chess and Schools 107 -- My Experience as an Educator 109 -- A Profile of Three Programs 122 -- My Students, in Their Own Words 141 -- 5 Keeping Kids Involved 161 -- Twenty-five Activities to Keep It Fun 163 -- How to Keep Girls Involved 179 -- 6 A Few Life Lessons 187 -- More Tips and Tools 205 -- A FAQs to Getting Started for Parents and Educators 207 -- B Rules of Chess 217 -- C Glossary of Chess Terms 227 -- D Recommended Books 243 -- F They All Play(ed) Chess 251.
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| Cleveland County Main Library | 794.12 ASH (Text) | 22281500038691 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Hoke County Public Library | 794.1 A (Text) | 28198000407171 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Marianna Black Library | 794.1 A (Text) | 39493105957999 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Montgomery County Public Library | 794.1 A (Text) | 38198000349280 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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