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2nd GLOBAL CONFERENCE on LINGUISTICS and FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING,
LINELT-2014, Dubai – United Arab Emirates, December 11 – 13, 2014
The Effect Of Playing Chess On The Concentration Of
ADHD Students In The 2nd Cycle
Dr.Badrie Mohammad Nour ElDaoua *, Sara Ibrahim El-Shamieh a
a Lebanese University-Faculty of Education, Fern El Shebek, Beirut, Lebanon
Abstract
The study examines the effect of playing chess on the concentration of students with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
(N=14, age: 11-13). The study hypothesized that chess improves concentration period and listening language skills. The sample
was chosen from two schools with inclusion, students received chess training twice per week. Pre- and post- measurements of
Conner’s Teachers Rating Scale: Revised-Long version, concentration tasks, and scores of school language listening tests were
the data collection tools of the study. Results showed improvement in concentration skill and period, and in listening score.
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Keywords: ADHD, Chess, concentration, listening skills
1. Introduction
Students diagnosed with ADHD can develop their reasoning skills and higher level thinking capabilities when
allowed to discuss and compare their ideas. Such skills as (Storey, 2000) advocated are reinforced through playing
chess. Research showed that chess instruction can strengthen student’s patience, perseverance, concentration and
creativity (Smith, 1998). Moreover, due to parent’s reservations towards providing their child with medication,
several studies were conducted about interventions to reduce ADHD symptoms. The importance of this study is that
it is a new topic in the research field that examines chess for the students having ADHD. The study will examine the
benefit of learning chess and its rules on the concentration skill and period, as well as on the school listening
language score of the 6th grade students with ADHD who receive special learning support.
* Badrie Mohammad Nour ElDaou Tel:+213617324234
E-mail address: badriyadaw@yahoo.com
© 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
Peer-review under responsibility of Academic World Research and Education Center.
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