How does learning Mental Arithmetic help in school mathematics?
For a child to do well in Mathematics, he needs to develop his abilities in calculation. Learning Abacus-Mental Arithmetic can quickly enhance his competency in calculation. Professor Huang Guo Rong, from National ChangHua University of Education, Taiwan, who studies the effect of Abacus Mental Arithmetic education on the children’s academic performance in areas of mathematical abilities and comprehensibility and reports the startling discoveries: • Children who have undergone mental arithmetic classes achieved far better results than other students (who have not taken part in such trainings) in the following: comprehensibility, mathematical abilities (including recognizing and understanding mathematical concepts, calculating abilities, mathematical problem solving skills), mathematical performance and IQ results. • Students who have had one to two years of training in mental arithmetic are found to possess a better grasp of mathematical concepts, calculation and are more efficient in
