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Improving Higher Order Thinking Skills for children with Chess

Bloom’s taxonomy is a framework that includes six different levels of thinking, starting from basic factual recall and moving up to more intricate and abstract mental processes. The taxonomy is divided into a pyramid, where the bottom three items comprise the lower-order thinking skills (LOTS), which prioritise memorization and recalling capacities. The top three skills in the pyramid constitute higher-order thinking skills, or HOTS, concerned with the ability to analyse, synthesise, and evaluate information and solve problems creatively.

Chess, Education, Learning, Online, Smartness, Sport, Strategy, Tactic, Technique, Tournament

24 Jul

5 important things to prepare for a Chess Tournament

Preparing for Chess tournament requires a good learning plan, consistent practice and a lot of guidance. Player’s inner ability, focus, memory power and the outward ability such as physical endurance etc are also the core aspects in the tournament preparation. In this article we go through 5 important things in preparing for tournaments.

Chess, eLearning, Technique, Tournament

7 Feb

Should you learn Chess by yourself or with a coach?

Self-learning has its benefits. Today there are so many resources on the internet that you can learn chess from literally anywhere. That’s a great thing.

But if you want to improve fast, go with a coach. There’s a reason why all the world’s best chess players, have a coach. In fact, this is the trend with any top performers in any field. It’s easier to walk the path once someone shows you the road ahead.

Chess, Education, eLearning, Learning, Online, Online Chess

9 Aug

Why you should learn Hindi

Some children can read and write Hindi but cannot speak fluently. Even though they spend approximately 150 hours over the year learning Hindi language, their understanding and command does not greatly improve due to lack of exposure. There are also other factors such as Hindi is seen merely academic subject rather than a valuable communication tool.

Hindi, Language Classes

2 Jul

Stuck at 800? What to do?

Has your child stagnated at 800 rating?

Maybe they’ve played a lot of games online, but they’re still stuck in that range. They gain +50 points in one day, and lose it all on the next. This can be very frustrating, especially as a parent! You see your child working hard, playing long hours but there seems to be no measurable improvement.

Chess