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Written by Administrator
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Sunday, 15 April 2012 13:50 |
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In every event there are  rules to follow or steps to take in order to get the best results. That is why the game of chess makes so much sense. The world around us makes sense because of fields of study that are now being promoted by school systems all over the United States. Those fields of study are Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics or STEM. STEM areas are said to be the keys which unlock the mysteries of the world around us.
The National Science Teaches Association, NSTA, is sponsoring a convention promoting STEM in schools. It is being held May 16-19, 2012 in Atlantic City New Jersey. One of the presenters for this event is Kenneth Wesson, a neuroscience consultant and an expert on how the mind works. He often speaks on “brain centered learning” which is getting a lot of attention. He promotes the idea that children and different genders learn differently. As a matter of fact, he states on his website “ If students are not learning the way you teach then teach the way they learn.” Successful teaching strategies are methods that address the way a person learns. For chess players, learning how the brain works is paramount, seeing that computers are pushing the science of chess out of the zone of endless possibilities into a realm of problems solved like rubics cube, checkers and tic tac toe. For an educator to implement brain centered learning, he/she should understand that the term “brain centered learning” is not used in a collective sense, as in all brains, but the individual mind. The word “brain” could easily be replaced with “individual” and the term brain centered learning could be expressed as “individual-centered learning”. Although the NSTA conference is promoting STEM education, this conference is poised to help professionals of other areas as well, including those in traditional, non-traditional and informal education. The teaching of science, technology, engineering and mathematics has become the integrated focus of many schools, joining the three Rs, reading, w'riting and a'rithmetic. To find more on this NSTA conference visit their website at http://www.nsta.org/conferences/2012atl/
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 22 April 2012 06:05 )
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Annapolis Chess Club Gives Back |
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Written by Administrator
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Tuesday, 03 April 2012 20:03 |
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The Annapolis Chess Club raised the bar for community service to a new height on Saturday, March 24, 2012. Five men from the chess club traveled more than 80 miles round trip to play and meet with the youth at the Charles H. Hickey School. This facility is a youth detention center in Baltimore County. The event was the first of its kind at the school.
The youth involved have been learning chess as part of a program sponsored by the Department of Juvenile Services. Many of them had never played chess in a formal match before this program. Chess is an activity that teaches concepts in planning, concentration, and decision making; such skill are applicable to life. The Annapolis Chess Club introduced a different concept and that was “we care”. Now these young men know that they have a place to go to continue their interest in chess once they leave the Hickey School. Continued ..
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 07 April 2012 18:01 )
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CMIT Wins Chess Battle Against Davidsonville |
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Written by Administrator
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Saturday, 17 December 2011 07:22 |
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Chesapeake Math and Information Technology (CMIT) and Davidsonville Elementary played a two round chess match at
Davidsonville Elementary School on December 16, 2011. CMIT won the match by out pointing Davidsonville in round two. In the first round, Davidsonsville stopped a hard pressing CMIT team with an upset win on board two. The round ended in a tie with both teams scoring 3 ½ points. In round two, the score again was tied until the last game of the round decided the outcome. Davidsonsville chess team comprised 5th graders. The team from CMIT were all in grade 6th . The teams are already discussing a rematch.  |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 18 December 2011 21:29 )
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