Your Move: The Effect of Chess on Mathematics Test Scores

Kamilla Gumede () and Michael Rosholm
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Kamilla Gumede: Aarhus University

No 9370, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: We analyze the effect of substituting a weekly mathematics lessons in primary school grades 1-3 with a lesson in mathematics based on chess instruction. We use data from the City of Aarhus in Denmark, combining test score data with a comprehensive data base from administrative register. We use a difference-in-differences approach to investigate treatment effects on the treated and tend to find positive effects. Looking at sub groups, we find significant positive effects for native Danish children, while we find no effects for children of immigrants.

Keywords: primary school; mathematics and chess; learning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 I28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 24 pages
Date: 2015-09
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Published - published in: PLoS ONE, 2017, 12 (5), e0177257

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