Course Outline and Objectives
Class: Critical Thinking and Logic Through Chess
Teacher: Igor Zhislin
Primary Text: None required
Other books/materials, etc. required for class:
Chess sets/boards at home
***Parents are responsible for getting all texts and materials unless teacher specifies otherwise.
Yearly Tuition: $288 Copy/Lab Fees: $20
With this tuition rate, I must have a minimum of 10 and maximum of 20 students.
Overview of class: This class will help to develop skills in many educational areas through chess. While learning to think critically, logically, creatively and efficiently will be the main focus, we will learn to use chess as a tool to develop problem solving and decision making skills, strengthen memory, reading, language and mathematical capabilities, enhance pattern recognition and spatial ability, and much more.
Prerequisites for this class: No knowledge of chess is required but desire to learn is
Recommended Grade Level(s) for this class: 7-12
Estimated Difficulty Level of course for average student:
Easy average above average highly challenging
Average study time for this class will be approximately 3 hours per week.
Additional comments: There may be a chess-related trip outside of class.