Ajedrez como recurso lúdico para fortalecer el pensamiento lógico-matemático en estudiantes de quinto, Escuela "Luz de América", periodo 2023-2024

Abstract

The relevance of recreational resources as a fundamental tool for learning is undeniable. Over time, these resources have served as a means by which individuals understand their environment and express their imagination, motivation, and strategies, For this reason, it is essential to provide students with a series of motivational strategies so that they achieve the necessary skills that a certain academic level requires; Otherwise, your learning process will be boring and inefficient, generating gaps in learning. As a response to the aforementioned, chess is presented as a recreational resource available to teachers and students of the 5th year of the Luz de América School of Basic General Education to strengthen mathematical logical thinking in an active, innovative and collaborative way, This is due to the important educational value of chess in various aspects of the cognitive development of those who play it, such as memory, attention and concentration, logical reasoning, and its ability to promote problem solving, which helps students to face challenges in their lives, For these reasons, the present study needs to determine the incidence of chess, as a recreational resource, in strengthening logical-mathematical thinking. With respect to the methodology, the qualitative-quantitative approach is present since numerical information was collected to be tabulated and presented in statistical graphs, as well as opinions and experiences of education professionals, Furthermore, it is bibliographical in nature because scientific documents were analyzed to make deductions, interpretations and obtain relevant data It is field because direct contact was maintained with the object of study, Furthermore, it belongs to the explanatory, relational and descriptive level. Now, the techniques used were the interview and the test, the instruments being the interview guide and the questionnaire.