Math and Chess for Special Education Students

This study from the International Journal of Education details a 30-week instructional chess program implemented in special education math classes in middle school grades. The study talks about how chess is an authentic context for students’ mathematical problem- solving that can have significant outcomes on final grades and multiple other math learning outcomes for special education students. 

This is one of the first studies of its kind, and there is still more research to be done, but other authors' works have contributed to the support of this idea, even so much that this author suggests that replacing one lesson a week with a chess lesson won't diminish the achievement of the students in the classroom. Fascinating!