Introduction of chess in preschool childhood: a pedagogical experiment

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preschool education, preschool childhood, educational games, mental development

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Methods: The pertinence of the descriptors and tools to be used was assessed by expertise interviewing and critical opinion and collective construction workshops. The strategy reliability assessment was completed with a pedagogical experiment (four groups of Solomon) with children of four to five years old attending to preschool centers of following the “Educa a tu Hijo” program at the Camagüey city.

Result: The findings revealed significant differences in pre-school chess introduction descriptors in the experimental groups as compared to the control groups, therefore the impact of the pedagogical strategy and the relevance of the experiential-modeling method were confirmed.  in the initiation of Chess in the educational process of boys and girls from four to five years.

Conclusion: The achievements in the introduction of chess playing in preschool-age suggests the significance of chees initiation a ludic possibility in the educational process of preschool education.

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  • Luis Enrique Pérez Peña, University of Camagüey

    Profesor de Educación Física y Didáctica de Educación Física Preescolar, Doctor en Ciencias Pedagógicas y Profesor Titular de la Universidad de Camagüey

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2024-06-05

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Introduction of chess in preschool childhood: a pedagogical experiment. (2024). Transformación, 16(1), 80-94. https://transformacion.reduc.edu.cu/index.php/transformacion/article/view/150