Parents in Japan often try to give their offspring a leg up by ensuring they learn early on how to use the abacus. While the sound of sliding beads making clacking sounds on a small wooden frame may ...

UXBRIDGE — With nothing more than a pen and paper, 15-year-old Michael Hardock calculates four sets of two-digit multiplication questions in a matter of seconds. After finishing he looks up with a ...

Schools in Japan are bringing the abacus back to class, it's reported. Some teachers have been reintroducing a version of the traditional counting tool - the soroban - to help young people think ...

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 ...

The abacus, that ancient, no-batteries-required, bead-based calculator, is making a comeback in after-school programs across Canada. The schools, which are modelled after programs common across India ...

Hefei Shilimiao Primary School students start mornings with a special regimen performed with abacuses. Provided to China Daily Related video: Education crisis: Kids find abacus a total alien object ...

Across India, abacus online classes have become a highly favored educational tool. Their immense popularity among parents stems from a recognition of the profound benefits they offer children in terms ...

More than 200 students at Shanghai Lixin University of Commerce have applied to take a course in how to use a Chinese abacus. Such lessons were once mandatory at the university, but they were phased ...

Amoré Lightfoot (seven) from Dal Fouche and a learner at Laerskool Selection Park recently walked away with a gold medal at the Abacus Regional Championships held in Randburg over the weekend. The ...

Schools in Japan are bringing the abacus back to class, it's reported. Some teachers have been reintroducing a version of the traditional counting tool - the soroban - to help young people think ...