The effectiveness of chess training on the development of spatial visualization intelligence and creativity of preschool children

soheila hossainpour ¹ (Associate Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Sanandaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj, Ira)
zainab Bahrami ² (M.A in Pre-School Educationa, Sciences and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj, Iran.)

Submited date : 2023-10-17 accepted date : 2024-01-30

Keywords: Children, Creativity, Chess training, spatial visualization intelligence,

Abstract :

The current research was conducted with the aim of determining the effectiveness of chess education in developing spatial visualization intelligence and creativity of preschool children in Helilan city. The research method in this research was a semi-experimental research method of pre-test-post-test type with a control group in terms of practical purpose and in terms of the nature and method of data collection. The statistical population included all preschool children of Helilan city in the number of 842 people, 40 people were selected based on the available sampling method and were randomly divided into two groups of 20 people, control and experimental, the experimental group received the chess educational package for children. He received the duration of 12 sessions consecutively and three sessions a week for 45 minutes. Nd. But the control group did not receive any special training. In this research, two standard questionnaires were used for data collection: Torrance Visual Creativity Test (Form B) and Raven Children's Test (1938). In order to analyze the data, two levels of descriptive statistics (prevalence, mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (Shapiro test, Lone test, covariance analysis test) were performed in spss software. The results of the findings showed that chess training has an effect on the development of spatial visualization intelligence (F=307.23 and P<.001) and creativity (F=712.45 and P<.001) of preschool children.