Abstract

I attempted to learn to play chess when my daughter was in middle school. At that time, she joined an after-school chess club sponsored by a teacher she admired, and I felt obligated to follow her into the game. She assumed the role of teacher, and she instructed me in the game.

Eventually, my daughter moved on to a point where she no longer required my services as her student, and I made a conscious decision not to invest more time in chess. I either wanted to be good, or I didn’t want to continue, and I knew becoming good would take more time than I felt being good at chess was worth.

In this issue of Educational Considerations, we have a provocative piece from a European scholar Gulcin Karakus, who offers a comprehensive review of the impact of chess on student learning--and who has caused me to reconsider chess.

Keywords: Chess, student learning, exploratory learning

How to Cite:

Goodson, F., (2023) “While This is Difficult for an Adult, A Child Can Handle It Easily”, Educational Considerations 49(2).