The affect of computer and internet supported chess instruction on university students

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to teach subjects of "The King and Rook Checkmate" and "Two Bishops Checkmate" in chess with a computer program on a web page and compare the computer - internet supported instruction method with traditional instruction method.  For this reason, an experimental group (n=33, mean age=22.1 years) and a control group (n=35, mean age=22.6 years) were set up from participants of non-major Elective Chess course (VIII) taught in Uludag University, Faculty of Education, Department of Physical Education and Sports.  As subjects of application, the fundamental chess topics of "The King and Rook Checkmate" and "Two Bishops Checkmate" were selected.  After chess instruction of 2 hours every 5 weeks, the topics of "The King and Rook Checkmate" and "Two Bishops Checkmate" were taught to both groups in 6th and 7th weeks respectively.  While traditional instruction methods were applied to control group, internet and computer supported education was given to experimental group. After the lessons, the students of both groups were asked to make "The King and Rook Checkmate" and "Two Bishops Checkmate". The analysis of the obtained data were made on SPSS 12 statistic program and evaluated with Chi - Square test.  Significance level was accepted as p<0.05. 72.7% of the students in the experimental group and 54.3% of the students in control group learned the "The King and Rook Checkmate" topic. 69.7% of the students in the experimental group and 62.9% of the students in control group learned the "Two Bishops Checkmate" topic. As a result, can say that computer and internet supported chess instruction is more effective and efficient compared to traditional methods.  Investigation on the effect of computer and internet supported instruction method on other subjects in chess was purposed.