Comments on: Addition Memory http://learningourway.net/addition-memory/ A Comedy of Learning Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:15:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: dandavis http://learningourway.net/addition-memory/comment-page-1/#comment-217 dandavis Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:39:43 +0000 http://learningourway.net/?p=291#comment-217 I remember seeing a video of Asian kids learning to do very complex math very quickly using abacuses (abaci???). The amazing part, though, was when they took away the abaci... the kids were still able to do the complex math quickly IN THEIR HEADS! Here it is... I found it on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIiDomlEjJw I remember seeing a video of Asian kids learning to do very complex math very quickly using abacuses (abaci???). The amazing part, though, was when they took away the abaci… the kids were still able to do the complex math quickly IN THEIR HEADS!

Here it is… I found it on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIiDomlEjJw

]]> By: Home4skool http://learningourway.net/addition-memory/comment-page-1/#comment-215 Home4skool Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:16:15 +0000 http://learningourway.net/?p=291#comment-215 That's a great idea. I wonder if substituting one crutch for another has any merit. Why are we so opposed to fingers and so "okay" with an abacus I wonder! That’s a great idea. I wonder if substituting one crutch for another has any merit. Why are we so opposed to fingers and so “okay” with an abacus I wonder!

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