Impact of chess training on mathematics performance and concentration ability of children with learning disabilities

International Journal of Special Education

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 139-149

  Scholz, Markus ^a   Niesch, Harald ^b   Steffen, Olaf ^c   Ernst, Baerbel ^d   Loeffler, Markus ^a   Witruk, Evelin ^a   Schwarz, Hans ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b Franz Mehring Secondary School   (Germany)

^c Centre for Therapy of Dyscalculia   (Germany)

^d Psychologic Centre of Consulting   (Germany)

^e ESSLINGEN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

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