Elementary school students who learn to calculate using a mental abacus tend to perform better on math tests than their peers. A recent study published in Learning and Individual Differences suggests ...

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 ...

Vinaya Kulkarni said she believes she has the program that will help grade-school age children gain confidence and competence in arithmetic. Kulkarni is the founder and head teacher of Abacus West, ...