A few years ago, I stood in a small basement classroom just outside of New York City, watching a high schooler named Serena Stevenson answer math questions in rapid succession. — and Stevenson added ...

Now that digital learning is the way of the future, children and students are increasingly using online abacus platforms to expand their skill sets. Some kids have a natural aptitude for math and ...

TOKYO -- An app developed in Japan for people to learn the abacus-method of math calculation skills is gaining global popularity, with more than 8,000 students at home and abroad using the app to ...

When I was a kid learning arithmetic the only visual aid I remember is flash cards. These were useful for memorizing single-digit addition and multiplication, but is memorization really the best ...

When I first heard my daughter was going to take abacus lessons after school, I didn’t really know what to make of it. I never touched one myself and just considered it one of those obsolete tools of ...

In today's fast-paced world, parents are constantly looking for ways to give their children an edge, especially when it comes to developing strong mental abilities. Two popular methods, Abacus ...

FORT LEE — For 10 seconds, a series of 50 random three-digit numbers flashed on the screen. After another second, abacus master Jeonghee Lee announced she'd finished the mental addition, correctly ...

Explore how the mental abacus enables unique calculation techniques, bypassing verbal processing and traditional working memory limits. While some of the most brilliant mathematicians have been known ...