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 ...

We're not talking about counting to 10 on our fingers. Indian children are taught to do complex calculations quickly using a finger system that mimics an abacus. If you followed this video above, then ...

Adults tend to want their children to outgrow using their fingers to solve number problems. “The finger technique is considered to be a less intelligent way of counting and calculating,” Aditya ...

A learning center is teaching kids, aged three to 13 years old, how to learn and better appreciate math with the use of an abacus, a manual computing device, that helps them keep track of numbers and ...

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 ...

KARACHI: Children lined the stage, making fists like they were ready for a fight. With goofy smiles on their faces, they looked on to their parents in the audience as the teacher read a series of ...

PUNE: Call it the calculator of the Jurassic era. But for ten-year-old Manasvi Wadhwa and her eight-yearold friend Tapaswini Ghodke, an abacus is just the right instrument to do a whole lot of complex ...

What's the News: Most of us need everyone to stop talking when we perform mental math. But for children trained to do math visually with a "mental abacus," verbal disturbances roll off their backs, ...