FEATURES OF WORKING CAPACITY PERFORMANCE OF JUNIOR SCHOOLCHILDREN IN STUDYING THE “CHESS” SUBJECT

Abstract

The article demonstrates the experimental research results' analysis which was organized and carried out in 2022 by the psychologists of the “Chess” Scientific Research Institute. The research is aimed at revealing the level of performance of the working capacity components for chess-studying schoolchildren. It is noteworthy that the sample of the research includes children with Special Educational Needs (SEN), who were one group of participants. The experimental research was carried out by applying the "Landolt rings" methodology included in the "Egoscope" psychological analysis and testing complex. The analysis of the results demonstrated the following: Students with Special Educational Needs, who showed low academic progress, as a result of the experiment demonstrated a high index of endurance, as well as students with high and medium academic progress. The indicators of the reliability of the average work precision and working capacity, as well as the average efficiency level, are also the same among students with high, medium and low academic progress. The results of information processing are medium for students with low and medium progress and high for students with high progress.