Amazing Benefits Of Mental Math by Shilpa Rao
... Abacus Mental Math method has it's root in the eastern Asia, whereas Vedic Mental Mathematics method has it's root in southern Asia. Abacus Mental Math is taught using centuries old tool called Abacus whereas Vedic Mental Math method is taught using the old scriptures from India but without any tool. Goal of Abacus method is to teach and practice simple calculations such addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. But one can perform calculations of very large numbers and long ...

The Hazard of Using Calculators at School by Victor Guskov
... If you want to see some figures and diagrams you can read my article “Influence of a Level of Elementary Mental Computation Skills upon Success in School Mathematics” at my web site Prevention of Failure in School Mathematics (reference – My Articles). Do not think that I am trying to stop progress and calling to finish with any computing stuff at school. It is obvious that we can not manage without calculators today, but we must remember about simple mental computations and their ...

Teach Your Kids Arithmetic - "The Nifty Five Square Technique" by Joe Pagano
... Although this pedagogical approach is still adhered to in many school districts, too much tampering with basic approaches to the learning of mathematics has resulted in a perversion of this basic tenet. Because mathematics is inherently difficult to learn, the common frustration which results from its study has led educators and parents to seek alternative learning approaches. Over the years, I have developed independently a series of techniques to help children—adults as well—to do ...

Prognosis of Failure in School Math by Victor Guskov
... For confirming the influence of quality of elementary mental computational skills over success in school mathematics I had decided to investigate a level of the skills of pupils in graduation-classes of primary school (the multiplication table had been completely learnt a year and a half ago) and their achievements in algebra three years later. The study was carried out in period from 1994 to 2004 years. The sample includes 403 pupils. Standard tables including 64 elementary operations in ...

College in the Fifties by Kenneth Hoffman
... Well, the Dean gave me another chance, if I would agree to go to summer school for advanced mathematics. I also changed my major to Geology, but Physics was still a requirement. The summer school was held in some old World War II Quansett huts, the temperature rising to one hundred degrees in the afternoon. I also found time for photographing children which insured the cost of my books for my Sophomore year. My worst fears were realized when I read my courses the next year.

I Think I Feel Love by Zeeshan Raza
... You know you are in love when the dew drops on your car windshield don’t annoy you anymore, when the snoring of your roommate does not bother you anymore, when rain doesn’t mean a traffic wait to you. It’s easy to be in love, its all around us. We just have to open our hearts and let it slide in. Maybe then we can understand the mystical stories of love our literature is so obsessed with. And just maybe, I can get that girl from mathematics class to notice me.

Hate to Write? Hire a Ghost! Why Using a Ghostwriter is Not Cheating by Kim Pearson
... It was also cheating to use a calculator while taking a math test, because you were supposed to be learning how to do mathematics, not punch buttons. This is no longer true. You can use a calculator now without guilt. You can also hire a writer to help you put your ideas on paper. (Of course they must be your ideas – it’s still wrong to steal others’ ideas and pass them off as your own.) Hiring a writer is a little like hiring an architect. Say you are finally able to build your dream house.

Children With Learning Disabilities by Aaron Schwartz
... Such children should be taught elementary systematic knowledge and skills: their native language, natural sciences, mathematics, geography and one or the other vocational subject. The instruction of children with defects should be directed not only at providing the necessary skills but also at correction and compensation of their learning disabilities. These children should be prepared for socially useful life. Children with learning disabilities usually have serious problem in studying.