Uso do xadrez como ferramenta de apoio de ensino aprendizagem da matemática

Abstract

Chess has been teached as a sport in many brazilian schools. It is assumed that chess improves the students grades and develops their focus and reasoning skill. In this work we intended to show that chess games enhance the students learning and the teacher-student relation. But we discovered that for better results in grades it is necessary to have chess classes during all the school year. Chess develops all processes needed to solve math problems, works problem analysis in general, makes students preview results and think about the obtained results. This work was conducted at "E.M.E.B. Luíza de Freitas Valle Aranha" school in Alegrete city with 18 volunteer students from 6th grade. The students improvement was measured with 2 applications of the same 20 logical reasoning questions examination (one before the classes and the other after). The students performance improved, but it was not possible to assure that the chess practice had been its cause.