Students’ Skills in Chess and Its Correlation to their Performance in Mathematics

Dave P. Lacquio

doi:10.71097/IJSAT.v16.i2.4347

Students’ Skills in Chess and Its Correlation to their Performance in Mathematics

Author(s)	Dave P. Lacquio
Country	Philippines
Abstract	The study investigated the association of students' chess skills and their performance in mathematics among junior high school students of Dipolog City during the School Year 2024–2025. In this quantitative, descriptive-correlational research design, data were collected via a validated and pilot-tested questionnaire, modified from Progress With Chess (2020) [23] and Sala and Gobet (2017) [27] from 231 students among four public secondary schools. The results indicated that most of these respondents were male belonging to the 13–14 age bracket. Majority were from lower socio-economic backgrounds who had little experience in chess and only few had formal chess trainings. Despite this, students overall showed "Skilled" chess performance, excelling especially in cognitive and technical aspects while lacking in practical skills. Chess skills differed significantly by age, grade level, gender, and frequency of play, and mathematics performance differed significantly by grade level, frequency of play, and formal chess training. It was found that there was a weak positive correlation between chess skills and mathematics performance of the respondents, though this finding was still statistically significant. These showed that chess can be a beneficial tool to improve cognitive and academic achievement of learners, especially in mathematics. With these findings, the study proposes the advocation of chess among students and incorporating chess-oriented strategies into teaching methods and curriculum improvement to help further develop logical reasoning and problem-solving skills of learners which are the goals of teaching Mathematics.
Keywords	Chess skills, Mathematics performance, Junior high school, Cognitive development, Problem-solving skills, Descriptive-correlational design
Field	Mathematics
Published In	Volume 16, Issue 2, April-June 2025
Published On	2025-04-30
Cite This	Students’ Skills in Chess and Its Correlation to their Performance in Mathematics - Dave P. Lacquio - IJSAT Volume 16, Issue 2, April-June 2025. DOI 10.71097/IJSAT.v16.i2.4347
DOI	https://doi.org/10.71097/IJSAT.v16.i2.4347
Short DOI	https://doi.org/g9g7zd

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