Now studies on a group of children trained to use a “mental abacus” suggest the technique frees mathematics from its usual dependence on language.
In some parts of the world, particularly India, China and Japan, schoolchildren sign up for intense training programmes that teach them how to perform complex calculations in their heads using a mental abacus.
Intrigued, Michael Frank of Stanford University in California and David Barner at the University of California, San Diego, travelled to a school in Vadadora in Gujarat, India, where children learn mental abacus in a 3-year-long after-school programme.
Now studies on a group of children trained to use a “mental abacus” suggest the technique frees mathematics from its usual dependence on language.In some parts of the world, particularly India, China and Japan, schoolchildren sign up for intense training programmes that teach them how to perform complex calculations in their heads using a mental abacus.Intrigued, Michael Frank of Stanford University in California and David Barner at the University of California, San Diego, travelled to a school in Vadadora in Gujarat, India, where children learn mental abacus in a 3-year-long after-school programme.
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