STEINGRIMSSON FOUNDATION

TO FACILITATE AND DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTE TO DEVELOPING COGNITIVE IMPROVEMENT OF CHILDREN INCLUDING CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS, CREATIVITY, DECISION MAKING, REASONING, PATTERN RECOGNITION SKILLS TOGETHER WITH CHARACTER TRAITS AND COMPETENCIES SUCH AS GRIT AND COURAGE AND THUS MAKE THEM FIT FOR THE CHALLENGES OF THE 21TH CENTURY. WE ACHIEVE THIS AIM THROUGH DEVELOPING A CHESS CURRICULUM AND TEACHING METHODS BOTH FOR PEOPLE AND ALSO THROUGH SOFTWARE, THAT IS BUILT ON SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND USES SCIENTIFIC METHODOLOGY AND APPROACHES, WEHRE RIGOROUSLY SCIENTIFIC TESTS OF THE CURRICULUM'S BENEFITS ARE THE NAME OF THE GAME.