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This book helps educators and librarians prepare students to succeed in University Interscholastic League (UIL) Chess Puzzle.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Dr. Max and Hiroko Warshauer Chapter 1: The Curriculum Game Chapter 2: Scientific Inquiry Chapter 3: Mathematical Problem Solving Chapter 4: Interdisciplinary Chapter 5: Chess Basics Appendix A: Chess Test Appendix B: Answer Key for Activities Appendix C: Review of Kasparov and Polgar Curricula Glossary References Index

About the Author

Alexey W. Root has a Ph.D. in education from UCLA. Her work history includes public high school teaching (social studies and English). Her most notable chess accomplishment was winning the U.S. Women's championship in 1989. Since the fall of 1999, Root has been a senior lecturer at The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD). She has taught UTD education classes, tutored prospective teachers for certification exams, and supervised student teachers. Root's current assignment for UTD is to teach, via the UT TeleCampus, online education courses that explore the uses of chess in classrooms. Children and Chess: A Guide for Educators (2006) and Science, Math, Checkmate: 32 Chess Activities for Inquiry and Problem Solving (2008) were both published by Teacher Ideas Press.

Reviews

. . . Dr. Root gives further encouragement, ideas, plans and support to the classroom teacher.
*Chessville.com*

Science, Math, Checkmate is a collection of 32 lesson plans designed to provide a practical link between chess instruction and national standards in elementary and middle school math and science instruction, with occasional forays into English and history. It is ground-breaking and valuable precisely because it accomplishes the critical important work described above: it sells chess by tying it to established educational standards.
*Chess Life*